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Coastal resource management in New Zealand : a case study : the Whakatane District coastal resource : its management, control, planning and implications for its future use
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1982)
Coastal resource management in New Zealand is accompanied by complex legislation, a multiplicity of authorities who have jurisdiction over the coastal zone, competing resource uses and a unique yet finite, natural ...
A contingent valuation study of consumers' willingness to pay for water: an approach to conserving Christchurch's groundwater resource
(Lincoln University, 1991)
Christchurch's groundwater resource, which supplies the City's residents with top quality water, is not inexhaustible as was once thought. Recently, there has been concern that the resource will be over used and destroyed. ...
Deciding on customary use? An analysis of conflicting values in customary use decision making
(Lincoln University, 1994)
Customary use of resources by Maori has recently become the focus of public debate due to the opposition of environmentalists to the desire by Maori to reassert their rights to harvest resources such as the kereru, toroa ...
The characteristics and satisfactions of international visitors to Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal
(Lincoln University, 1993)
This study traces the nature of national park use for recreation and other human uses in Nepal. Particularly, it focuses on international visitors to Royal Chitwan National Park (RCNP) and the issues of nature conservation ...
Fluctuations in the level of the water in some artesian wells in the Christchurch area
(New Zealand Institute, 1911)
As part of the activities of the Artesian Wells Committee of the Canterbury Philosophical Institute, observations on fluctuations in the static height of the water in some flowing wells in the Christchurch artesian area ...
Artesian wells of the Christchurch area
(New Zealand Institute, 1926)
Observations of the fluctuations of eight wells in and near Christchurch for periods ranging from one to fourteen years show that the wells rise with rain, but the amount of the rise, and the period that intervenes between ...
Fluctuations in the water-level of some artesian wells in the Christchurch area
(New Zealand Institute, 1916)
In 1896 Hutton recorded the fluctuations of two artesian wells at the Christchurch Museum. Speight continued the observations on one of the wells in 1910, and since then has taken occasional readings, copies of which he ...
Multiple criteria decision making in resource management : an examination of some methods for the analysis of decision problems in the context of some resource management issues
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1984)
The methods of multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) are techniques for the analysis of decision problems for which several criteria (or objectives) are relevant, as against those problems for which only one objective ...
Sustainability and sustainable development : a goal and an approach for development in Western Samoa
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1990)
The study interprets sustainability and sustainable development. It argues that Western Samoa should adopt a sustainable development approach and outlines how that approach may be put into operation.
Sustainability is ...
Sphagnum moss
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1989)
Sphagnum moss (Sphagnum species) has been used for thousands of years. Throughout history its uses have ranged from medicinal to clothing to food. This diversity is in most part due to its special properties; of being able ...