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Love thy neighbour? A study of Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand and the people-park relationship
(Lincoln University, 2004)
The establishment of national parks can generate significant changes for the people living in and around them. Acknowledging this, park managers around the world increasingly recognise that nature conservation and protected ...
An exploration of the boutique accommodation experience in Nelson, New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2004)
The boutique accommodation experience is explored in order to identify the types of experiences hosts and guests aim to provide and receive. Qualitative in-depth interviews, applying principles of the laddering technique ...
The physical activity levels of older New Zealanders : how active are they?
(Lincoln University, 2004)
New Zealand research on the physical activity levels of older adults has primarily focused on self-report methodologies and there has been a lack of quantification of what constitutes 'moderate-intensity' physical activity. ...
Should I stay or should I go? The first year experience of undergraduate students at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 2004)
Each year, hundreds of first year students head to the Lincoln University campus to embark on university study. Many of them, however, do not continue past the first few weeks. When students decide to leave university ...
Tourism planning and destination marketing : towards a community-driven approach : a case of Thailand
(Lincoln University, 2004)
This thesis argues that while analysing markets and developing strategies to
exploit the external market place and to attract tourists remains a central focus for
tourism marketers, it is not enough on its own to achieve ...
Who gets their hands 'dirty' in the knowledge society? Training for the skilled trades in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2004)
The vision of New Zealand as a 'knowledge society' is a mantra that has opened the twenty-first century. Underpinning any 'knowledge society', however; are people who turn resources into concrete products and who build, ...
The capacity of local government in Thailand : impacts on and responses to sustainable tourism development
(Lincoln University, 2004)
Globally local governments play an increasingly important role in tourism development as central governments, through processes of decentralisation, transfer responsibility to the local level. While there has been much ...
Conservation and tourism : a case study of longhouse communities in and adjacent to Batang Ai National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
(Lincoln University, 2004)
The purpose of this study is to investigate benefits of tourism to local communities and conservation in Batang Ai, Sarawak, Malaysia. The main focus of this study is on the environmental sustainability of Batang Ai National ...
Indigenous research ethics and agro-ecological development : raising the IRE in biotechnology transfer
(Lincoln University., 2004)
Although biotechnology has been an integral component of human history, contemporary research now operates with a precision and level of expertise that marks a significant break from previous understanding. By enabling the ...
Tourism and the rural culture economy in New Zealand: insights from the inner rural bays, Banks Peninsula
(Lincoln University, 2004)
During the 1980s in New Zealand, government-led bouts of economic restructuring destabilised the traditional economic foundations upon which many rural communities survived. Since then, and to evade ensuing socio-economic ...