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Carbon footprints in the New Zealand dairy industry: a comparison of farming systems
(Lincoln University, 2010)
Environmental indicators which measure the energy required to produce one tonne of milk solids under the production processes of the New Zealand dairy industry are available at the macro level. However, where intensification ...
Robust semi-quantitative fuzzy cognitive map model for complex systems and case study: mitigating the water scarcity problem in Joran
(Lincoln University, 2013)
Many contemporary real life problems are characterised by uncertainty due to human-environment
interactions. Such problems are typically qualitative, participatory, complex
and dynamic such that the domain knowledge ...
Memorial design : considerations for Christchurch
(Lincoln University, 2012)
In the wake of a series of devastating earthquakes, Christchurch, New Zealand is faced with a long, complicated mourning and memorialisation process. The initial intention of this research was to comparatively examine ...
Landscaping Boulder Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand: The emergent and contested classification of authentic heritage baches and an endangered species of penguin
(Lincoln University, 2012)
In a world that is continually ‘coming-into-being’, particular landscapes become sites of contest when inhabitants seek to hold on to certain configurations or re-shape them. Depending on whether they are constitutive of ...
Responsible Tourism Qualmark Accreditation: a comparative evaluation of tourism businesses and tourists’ perceptions
(Lincoln University, 2010)
The Responsible Tourism Qualmark (RTQ) scheme is part of the New Zealand Ministry of Tourism’s effort to improve the sustainability of tourism industry practices. This research seeks to understand why businesses incorporate ...
Breaking new ground: re-inventing Māori role in Te Waihora /Lake Ellesmere’s governance
(Lincoln University. Department of Environmental Management., 2011)
Struggles relating to governance of water resources by indigenous peoples are a well
documented issue in social science literature world-wide. Informed by the debates in this
literature, our research examines recent ...
Assessment of the effects of land use change on water quality and quantity in the Nam Ngum River Basin using the Better Assessment Science Integrating point and Non-point Sources 4.0 model
(Lincoln University, 2010)
The Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources 4.0 model (BASINS 4.0) was used to simulate the relationships between land use practices and water quality and quantity of the Nam Ngum River Basins in ...
Toward a fluid definition of development projects: an ethnographic study of meanings ascribed by multiple stakeholders to a rural water supply and sanitation project, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
(Lincoln University, 2010)
At a basic level water is essentially important for life. Its meanings, though, are socially
constructed by the multiple ways in which people interact with water in specific contexts.
This research looks at the meanings ...
Building capacity for social learning in environmental management
(Lincoln University, 2010)
This thesis focuses on the increasingly recognised problem of how to build capacity for
social learning into environmental management initiatives that address complex multistakeholder
issues. It examines the proposition ...
Footsteps on the Ice: visitor experiences in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica
(Lincoln University, 2010)
Antarctica is one of the most beautiful and remote places on the planet. The moniker of being the highest, driest, coldest, iciest, windiest, most remote continent, surrounded by the stormiest ocean is well deserved, yet ...