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Airport congestion in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 1998)
The phenomenon of airport congestion at New Zealand's major airports is the subject of this research thesis. A growing problem in New Zealand, the importance of understanding this problem and identifying options for solution ...
An ecotourism strategy for New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 1997)
Ecotourism is rapidly growing throughout the world and is predicted to be one of the major growth areas heading toward the year 2000. This increase is predominantly due to the contemporary traveller becoming more interested ...
The impact of safe driving advertising campaign on fatal accident rates in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 1999)
In effort to reduce the road toll, the Land Transport Safety Authority (LTSA) initiated a safe driving advertising campaign in October 1995. The safe driving campaign is a part of Supplementary Road Safety Package (SRSP) ...
Asparagus virus 2 : incidence, yield effects and transmission in New Zealand asparagus crops
(Lincoln University, 1997)
Asparagus ilarvirus 2 (AV2) occurs in asparagus crops in New Zealand and worldwide, but its effect on and spread within crops has not been reported in the literature. The causes of declining yields in asparagus crops, ...
Fortress-dwellers to global players? Globalisation and New Zealand: description, discourse and action
(Lincoln University, 2003)
The simplistic use of broad concepts or metaphors results in 'grooved thinking'. My thesis is that globalisation and its related concepts have become accepted amongst influential opinion-shapers in New Zealand as an ...
Riparian management: an exploration into connecting the biophysical and social sciences
(Lincoln University, 2006)
Over the last fifty years, environmental management thinking has been moving from the traditional 'balance of nature' and 'command and control' perspectives towards an evolving paradigm that explicitly recognises the ...
The rational landscape in the Garden of Eden: deriving a complex ecological aesthetic from the tastes and interpretations of New Zealand's farmed landscapes
(Lincoln University, 2002)
Landscapes are representations of a range of possible ways of life, at the same time people may interpret landscapes in a variety of ways, ascribing different meanings to the same landscape and expressing these through ...
Working capital management : theory and evidence from New Zealand listed limited liability companies
(Lincoln University, 2000)
The theory of working capital management contends that if working capital is managed according to prescriptive theory then it would be expected that businesses would invest in working capital, finance working capital, ...
Restoring what? : a socio-cultural exploration of ecological restoration in Christchurch and Canterbury
(Lincoln University, 2002)
The environmental issues we face today are caused by a historical conceptual separation of nature from culture. In Aotearoa New Zealand, and more specifically Christchurch and Canterbury, one of these issues is a depletion ...
A comparative analysis of the 1984 economic reforms in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2002)
Beginning in the mid-1980s New Zealand underwent a comprehensive set of economic reforms, which were remarkable for their breadth and sequencing. However, particularly between the years 1984-90, the short-term adjustment ...