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Integrated management versus fragmented management : a case study : Te Waihora
(Lincoln University, 1992)
This report advocates that integrated management, given the complex nature of the environment, is more preferable than a regime which is characterised by fragmentation. General issues associated with the present resource ...
Implications of the Resource Management Act 1991 for the marine farming industry in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 1992)
In October 1991 the Resource Management Act was introduced. It was an unprecedented piece of legislation which resulted in fundamental changes to resource management in New Zealand. The purpose of the Act is to promote the ...
Riparian management in pastoral agricultural areas : constraints and opportunities for effective policy implementation
(Lincoln University, 1996)
The quality of water and aquatic habitat in rivers flowing through pastoral agricultural land is degraded. This degradation is associated with loss of riparian (riverbank) vegetation. The Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) ...
Reclaiming their estate : an analysis of the debate surrounding treaty claims and conservation lands
(Lincoln University, 1994)
Debate about Treaty claims over conservation lands has recently become a feature of the discourse surrounding the settlement and redress of Maori grievances under the Treaty of Waitangi. In this study the context of the ...
Community policy development: The integration of community views into the policy process: A case study of the Sumner concept plan
(Lincoln University, 1997)
The Resource Management Act 1991 provides a framework for environmental management, with the majority of implementation responsibility directed at the local government level. It was intended that the local community would ...
Ecotourism : a mechanism for selling the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity? : scoping the issues
(Lincoln University, 1995)
Ecotourism is promoted as an economic incentive for the conservation and sustainable use of aspects of biodiversity by a number of International Conservation Organisations. Under the Convention on Biological Diversity the ...
Deciding between policy options for an isolated community in a national park : the use of cost benefit analysis and a multiattribute utility theory method as decision aids
(Lincoln University, 1993)
Integrated conservation and development projects are an approach to biological diversity protection that include community development as part of the concept. Often decision makers are faced with choosing between different ...
"What can integrated environmental management do for urban environments?"
(Lincoln University, 1999)
According to the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology and the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, more attention needs to be paid to the integrated development of sustainable urban environments as ...
Environmental monitoring in the Ross Sea region : towards integration
(Lincoln University, 1998)
We have set in place a robust framework and guidelines for the management of activities by all New Zealand visitors to the Ross Dependency ... We will continue to show strong leadership and demonstrate the highest standards ...
Regionals or unitaries? Building an evaluative framework to compare regional and unitary authority environmental management performance
(Lincoln University, 1998)
Talk and speculation with respect to the form and function of local government is once again on the political agenda. More specifically, speculation centres around the establishment of larger or 'super' forms of local ...