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The Breathe Urban Village competition: why did it fail to deliver?

Roberts, Lillian (Lincoln University Planning Association (LUPA), 2017-12)

Successful urban regeneration projects generate benefits that are realised over a much longer timeframe than normal market developments and benefits well beyond those that can be uplifted by a market developer. Consequently ...
Evaluation of community preferences for decentralised water management systems: a case study in Akaroa, Banks Peninsula

Sun, Han (Lincoln University, 2017-10-03)

Limitations on the supply of fresh water and increasing demand for council supplied water have become major issues in Akaroa, a tourist town on the Banks Peninsula approximately 80 kilometres from Christchurch City. ...
Research into genetically modified organisms in New Zealand: an examination of a sociotechnical controversy

Edwards, Sarah (University of California Press, 2017-10-03)

New Zealand is known around the world as a country that is clean, green and “100% Pure.” The existence of genetically modified organisms in New Zealand is generally viewed as inconsistent with this identity, and there is ...
The challenges of regulating diffuse agricultural pollution to improve water quality: a science policy perspective on approaches to setting enforceable catchment load limits in New Zealand

Duncan, Ronlyn (University of California Press, 2017-05-01)

Worldwide, the cumulative effects of diffuse pollution arising from a range of human activities are diminishing the quality and ecosystem capacity of lakes, rivers, estuaries, and oceans. Devising effective ways to regulate ...
Predator free Banks Peninsula: scoping analysis

Curnow, M.; Kerr, Geoffrey N. (LEaP. Lincoln University, Lincoln, Canterbury, 2017-05)

There has been considerable public interest in predator control following the release of the government’s goal to make New Zealand predator free by 2050. Prompted and supported by the Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust, this ...
Planning for green building design and technology in New Zealand

Kirpensteijn, Helene (Lincoln University, 2017-04-10)

Green building design and technology has been developed to lower the impacts of buildings on the environment while maintaining, and in some cases improving all the functions and values of a traditional building. Although ...
A spatial ecological assessment of fragmentation and disturbance effects of infrastructure construction and land conversion in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, Indonesia

Rakhmawati, Hanifa (Lincoln University, 2017-03-01)

Habitat loss and fragmentation have been identified as one of the sources of biodiversity loss. Those issues are predominantly triggered by human activities such as the development of settlements, conversion of forest ...
Determinants of pro-environmental behaviour: bioethanol fuel purchasing in Vietnam

Hoang, Han Ngoc (Lincoln University, 2017-01-31)

Encouraging consumption of renewable energy, including biofuels, for transport is one way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In the past two decades in Vietnam remarkable economic growth has resulted in a significant ...
A city in a water crisis: the responses of the people of Gaborone

Kadibadiba, Arabang Tshepiso (Lincoln University, 2017)

Worldwide, countries are challenged by the increasing pressure on potable water resources. In Botswana these pressures are particularly severe. Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana, is faced with a water crisis. There ...
Rescaling knowledge and governance and enrolling the future in New Zealand: a co-production analysis of Canterbury’s water management reforms to regulate diffuse pollution

Duncan, Ronlyn (Taylor & Francis on behalf of the International Association for Society and Natural Resources, 2017)

© 2017 Taylor & Francis. Addressing diffuse agricultural pollution to improve water quality is a socioeconomic, political, and policy challenge worldwide. In New Zealand, catchment load limits are being introduced to ...
From decision-support to compliance tool: the social dimensions of Overseer and the implications for farm nutrient management

Barr, Emma Brittany (Lincoln University, 2017)

An increase of public and scientific pressure resulting in recent reforms of New Zealand’s National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (NPS-FM) has instigated a reliance on Overseer to regulate nutrient losses from ...
Understanding residential infill: a Christchurch case study of typologies and stakeholders

Bradley-Cane, Brittany (Lincoln University, 2016-11-14)

Advocates for Compact City, Smart Growth and New Urbanism claim intensification of land use as a means to achieve sustainability imperatives, manage urbanisation and curb peripheral sprawl. It appears policy makers and ...
Exploring models for mixed community housing in New Zealand

Klomp, Matthew (Lincoln University, 2016-11-14)

The potential for mixed communities in tackling issues of poverty, segregation and other associated public and low-income housing ills has long captivated the minds of planners and policy makers. Examples of relevant 'mixed ...
Vulnerability of transients and freedom campers in uncontrolled camping grounds: Coes and Chamberlains Fords

Winchester, Henry (Lincoln University, 2016-11-11)

Transient communities throughout the country are faced with the same risks as other fixed communities. However, how are these risks communicated and how vulnerable are these communities? Many families in New Zealand travel ...
The challenges and opportunities of sports facility development by the private sector in New Zealand

Tapper, James Henry (Lincoln University, 2016-11-04)

A passion for participating in sport and recreation is ingrained in the culture and identity of the New Zealand population. While local authorities play an important role in ensuring the provision of sports facilities in ...
The Waimakariri River and its environment: frequency analysis of extreme events and the effects of flow modifications

Nagy, Barbara Katharina (Lincoln University, 2016-07-18)

The Waimakariri River is known for its unpredictability; flood and drought events can occur at any time of the year. Knowledge about the return period of extreme events is crucial for water management and planning. Frequency ...
A comparative evaluation of stone spout management systems in heritage and non-heritage areas of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Tripathi, Mira (Lincoln University, 2016-07-18)

Management of water resources is a major challenge throughout the world and in many long-established societies people still use traditional water harvesting and management techniques. Despite often being seen as efficient ...
Dairy farmers’ perspectives of riparian corridor design and management: a Canterbury, New Zealand, case study

Mark, Abigail (Lincoln University, 2016-06-30)

Riparian corridors provide many functions in agricultural landscapes which contribute to water quality and ecological values. However intensification of dairy farms has degraded waterways and their functions within many ...
Exploring the future of marine farming in New Zealand under climate change conditions: using sea surface temperature

Roxanne, Lloyd (Lincoln University, 2016-06-23)

This study explores and provides new insight in to how the increase in sea surface temperature as a result of climate change may affect the marine farming industry and coastal zone management of New Zealand. As the world’s ...
Irrigation scheduling: a soft adaptor to weather uncertainties and irrigation efficiency improvement initiatives

KC, Birendra (Lincoln University, 2016-05-27)

Expanding dairy farming around the world including the Canterbury region of New Zealand is causing increasing demand for irrigation, placing more pressure on already stressed water resources. The challenge for New Zealand ...

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