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The Avon River : a recreation reserve for Christchurch
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1984)
The Avon River is Christchurch’s central landscape feature. Water is potentially exciting, refreshing and organic and can meet many human psychological needs in the synthetic city. As a natural feature in a landscape largely ...
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 ...
The Christchurch Botanic Gardens: their place in contemporary urban and tourism development
(Lincoln University, 2002)
The meaning and purpose of urban public space is constantly being contested and changed by people who associate with it and give it meaning. Botanic Gardens are no exception. Botanic Gardens established in the late 19th ...
Sustainable cities: an exploration into urban sustainability
(Lincoln University, 1996)
This project discusses the complex topic of urban sustainability. I apply an IEM framework to determine the factors which make some cities more sustainable than others. The first four chapters discuss urban sustainability ...
Earthquake response #1: enquiry, research, design and community projects, responding to the Canterbury earthquakes from September 2010
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Environment, Society and Design. School of Landscape Architecture., 2012)
The September and February earthquakes were
terrifying and devastating. In February, 185 people
were killed (this number excludes post earthquake
related deaths) and several thousand injured. Damage
to infrastructure ...
Rivers or drains? Management of urban rivers with reference to the Heathcote
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1985)
Rivers and settlements belong together; there are few urban areas without at least one significant watercourse flowing through them. Urban rivers, and in particular the Heathcote River, are the subject of this dissertation. ...
The greenhouse effect : an approach to a local response
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1988)
The greenhouse effect is a phenomenon which is expected to lead to significant global climate changes in the next century and beyond. Because climate is so vital to our lifestyle and food production, changes to it are ...
A city for all seasons : a case study of urban place promotion
(Lincoln University, 1997)
Promoting cities as tourism destinations is seen as a way to enable growth. This promotion involves the projection of selective imagery to specific target groups and often includes the physical reshaping of places to fit ...
Existing and potential policies for reducing smoke pollution in Christchurch City
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1982)
For many years it has been recognised that substances emitted into the air may accumulate to undesirable or unacceptable levels, giving rise to the culturally-determined phenomenon known as pollution. In Christchurch, smoke ...
Sustainable management of the Christchurch-West Melton aquifers: an evaluation of cross-national comparative research
(Lincoln University, 1996)
Management of the groundwater resource beneath Christchurch and the Canterbury Plains has received much attention recently. Concerns are growing that the water is being abstracted at a rate which is faster than it can ...