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(Lincoln University, 2014)There is an on-going exponential increase in development-induced disasters globally, especially in low and middle-income countries. This upward trend in the occurrence of development-induced disasters challenges sustainable development efforts. It has bee ...
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(Lincoln University., 2011-02-24)During the summer of 2010/2011 research was carried out at Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere to measure the extent of diurnal variation in important water quality parameters. Diurnal variation is the variation which occurs over a 24 hour period and in aquatic e ...
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(Lincoln University, 2013)Driven by growing environmental awareness, increased scientific knowledge, stakeholder pressure, and legislation, businesses (either willingly or unwillingly) are increasingly confronting environmental issues. New Zealand holds an enviable reputation worl ...
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(Lincoln University, 2014)The global spread of urban development and concomitant reduction in wilderness areas can both pressure and entice wild animals to adapt to the urban environment. As wildlife moves into metropolitan areas, however, they come into contact with residents who ...
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(Lincoln University, 2014)Although the treatment of disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change adaptation (CCA) as distinct and disparate processes is increasingly being questioned, the behavioural links and limits of DRM and CCA have received limited research attention. Th ...
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(Lincoln University, 2014)Increasing active transport participation in urban environments has a large body of academic support. Reasoning behind the push towards a cleaner, healthier, and more efficient mode of transportation is found in a range of disciplines including health sci ...
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(Lincoln University, 2015)This thesis proposes a hybrid theory, informed by multiple clientelism and New Public Management, to examine local government authority and autonomy under interest group influence in a modern New Zealand context. Multiple clientelism theory suggests that ...
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(Lincoln University, 2015)In 1998, Wells (2001) conducted a national study of the total energy inputs of New Zealand dairy farms. The study demonstrated the superiority in energy efficiency of New Zealand dairy production compared to that of European farms. Over the past decad ...
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(Lincoln University, 2015)Hybrid systems, which combine two or more types of energy technologies, including renewable energy, are often the most cost effective way to provide electricity to off-grid houses; houses not connected to the electrical grid. Hybrid systems involve a sign ...
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(Lincoln University, 2015)New Zealand is one of the most highly urbanised countries in the world with well over 87 per cent of us living in 138 recognised urban centres, yet the number of people residing in inner city areas is proportionally very low. Householders have been exerci ...