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Fortress-dwellers to global players? Globalisation and New Zealand: description, discourse and action
(Lincoln University, 2003)
The simplistic use of broad concepts or metaphors results in 'grooved thinking'. My thesis is that globalisation and its related concepts have become accepted amongst influential opinion-shapers in New Zealand as an ...
Riparian management: an exploration into connecting the biophysical and social sciences
(Lincoln University, 2006)
Over the last fifty years, environmental management thinking has been moving from the traditional 'balance of nature' and 'command and control' perspectives towards an evolving paradigm that explicitly recognises the ...
The impact of the Euro on New Zealand's bilateral trade with the European Union
(Lincoln University, 2005)
Since 1990, the European Union (EU) is New Zealand's second biggest trading partner after Australia. New Zealand's exports to the EU are mainly in agricultural products, such as sheep-meat, butter, venison, kiwifruit, ...
The Culture of the wild: an exploration of the meanings and values associated with wilderness recreation in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2009)
In the latter half of the 20th Century, New Zealand’s wilderness resource developed iconic status at the national and international scales, and now represents highly significant social, cultural, political, ecological and ...
An exploratory study of the adoption and use of securitisation in New Zealand: an interdisciplinary enquiry
(Lincoln University, 2006)
Quantitative models predicting the likelihood of securitisation do not consider and are not intended to consider all of the factors that influence the securitisation decision. Yet current explanations for securitisation ...
The performance of corporate real estate asset management in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2001)
The management of real estate assets in organizations whose primary area of activity is not related to property has only recently become the focus of academic research. This thesis presents the results of a mail survey of ...
Reconstruction of past climates using pink pine (Halocarpus biformis) tree-ring chronologies
(Lincoln University, 2003)
Knowledge of past climate variability is essential for understanding present and future climate trends. This study used Halocarpus biformis (pink pine) ring-width chronologies to investigate palaeotemperature history in ...
Benchmarking and management behaviours of top sheep and beef cattle farmers
(Lincoln University, 2001)
The aim of this dissertation was to gain an insight into the use of benchmarking in the current management practices of top performing sheep and beef cattle farmers in the South Island of New Zealand. The more specific ...
Terminal decisions : a case study of community responses to tourism development in Picton, New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2001)
There is a growing awareness and acceptance of the need for a strong community role in the planning of tourism (Pearce, Moscardo, and Ross, 1996), and a belief that local communities can have an impact on tourism development ...
Aspects of habitat selection, population dynamics, and breeding biology in the endangered Chatham Island oystercatcher (Haematopus chathamensis)
(Lincoln University, 2001)
In the late 1980s the endangered Chatham Island oystercatcher (Haematopus
chathamensis) (CIO) was estimated at less than 110 individuals. Endemic to the Chatham
Islands, New Zealand, it was feared to be declining and, ...