Faculty of Environment, Society and Design: Recent submissions
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Mindsets set in concrete? Exploring the perspectives of domestic travellers on New Zealand's (auto-)mobility culture
(MDPI, 2020-09)Tourism trips in New Zealand are strongly car-dominated. Research suggests that such car use practices do not only emerge from purely rational economic considerations but also result from symbolic and affective motives, ... -
Real time mobile based license plate recognition system with neural networks
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2020)In this paper, the implementation of localizing and recognizing license plate in real time environment with a neural network using a mobile device is described. The neural networks used in this research are Convolutional ... -
Analysis of damage data collected for wine storage tanks following the 2013 and 2016 New Zealand earthquakes
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE), 2020-06-01)The 2013 Seddon earthquake (Mw 6.5), the 2013 Lake Grassmere earthquake (Mw 6.6), and the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake (Mw 7.8) provided an opportunity to assemble the most extensive damage database to wine storage tanks ever ... -
Reducing the incidence of skin cancer through landscape architecture design education
(MDPI, 2020-11)There is a high and growing incidence of skin cancer associated with overexposure to the sun. Most of a person’s exposure occurs during their first eighteen years of life. While many children are taught to wear hats and ... -
The association between physical activity and vascular health in a cross section of older adults : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Applied Science at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 2020)In New Zealand, the older adult population is the fastest growing age group, currently with 29,000 90 plus year olds, and it is projected to surpass 180,000 by 2060 (Stats NZ, 2019b). Older age is associated with frailty ...