Department of Environmental Management
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The Department of Environmental Management promotes the advancement of knowledge, through teaching and research, that will allow the sustainable use of environmental and natural resources.
Staff publications and research activities reflect the well established interdisciplinary nature of the Department; research interests include environmental policy, planning and politics, natural resources and environmental economics, ecological economics, transport studies, biodiversity and biodiversity policy, ecological evaluation, environmental ethics, environmental education, women and the environment, the Treaty of Waitangi, Māori approaches to environmental management, indigenous peoples and sustainability and socio-cultural and political perspectives of the environment.
Recent Submissions
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Socio-economic evaluation of public and private conservation : Two examples from Northland/New Zealand : Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Biology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the integrated bi-national degree Master of Science / Master of International Nature Conservation (M.Sc. / M.I.N.C.) of Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany, and Lincoln University, New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2010)The benefits of nature to human well-being are vast and this study shows where people see a great advantage of having conservation areas nearby. The different groups - the local community, staff and visitors - have been ... -
Management and leadership in community gardens: Two initiatives in Greater Christchurch, New Zealand : A thesis submitted to the University of Applied Life Sciences Vienna and Lincoln University in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Natural Resources Management & Ecological Engineering
(University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, 2009)Over the last century, a rapid process of urbanisation was evidenced throughout the world. This process resulted in significant land-use changes, environmental degradation, changes of lifestyles and society through increased ... -
Comparing and contrasting three environmental management systems currently being implemented in the New Zealand wine industry : ISO 14001, NZIWP and Bio-Gro : A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters [i.e. Master] of Applied Science (Environmental Management) at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 2002)The New Zealand wine industry currently has three environmental management systems functioning within it, although which system best helps companies to internalize externalities, while directing companies towards sustainability ... -
Water export from Deep Cove, Fiordland: Implications for national park values : Written report submitted to the Centre for Resource Management in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Diploma in Natural Resources
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1984-12)Worldwide the transshipment of fresh water of fresh water for commercial utilisation has received increasing attention in recent years. At present freshwater trade constitutes a comparatively insignificant industry. However, ... -
Alluvial gold-mining on the West Coast : The land management problem : [dissertation, Diploma of Natural Resources, Lincoln College]
(Lincoln University, 1984)The purpose of this report is to provide a preliminary evaluation of the licence conditions which apply to those mining privileges which are being granted for alluvial gold-mining in-the West Coast region of the South ...