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(Dissertation, Bachelor of Science with Honours, 2000)
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Inequitable distribution and the lack of access to land are often the driving forces behind poverty and hunger, especially in rural areas. Because of this, secure access to land through agrarian reform is regarded as ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2000)
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(Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1995)
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(Thesis, Master of Planning, 2011)All development has the potential to cause adverse effects to the environment. Worldwide, environmental concern regarding these effects has significantly increased over the past forty years. This has led to the implementation ... -
(Conference or Workshop Item (Oral presentation), 18th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre (SIRC 2006: Interactions and Spatial Processes), 2006)The paper introduces ARGOS, the Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability and discusses the potential role GIS can play within. The ARGOS programme examines the environmental, economic and social sustainability of New ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2008)Throughout the rapidly expanding area of vineyards in New Zealand, great numbers of wooden posts, treated with copper, chromium and arsenic (CCA) are used to support the vine canopy. Studies have shown that when CCA-treated ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2011)An investigation into the water quality of the municipal supply for Alexandra was undertaken to characterise the water composition and its origin, and explore the interaction between surface and groundwater resources. Water ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2003)Environmental impact assessment (EIA) was introduced to inform decision-makers of the potential environmental effects of the decision before them. It has been adopted worldwide and functions as one of the primary instruments ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2013)There appears to be a disjuncture in the wind energy sector between the prevailing thinking in landscape assessment theory and the practice of landscape assessment. Landscape assessment theory calls for landscape to be ... -
(Thesis, Master of Planning, 2008)
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2000)
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2003)
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(Thesis, Master of Planning, 2011)Coastal setbacks are a popular land use and hazard planning tool to avoid development in areas susceptible to coastal hazard risk. Controversy and debate however surround coastal setbacks, from determining the line, through ... -
(Thesis, Master of Regional and Resource Planning, 2005)
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2013)Lake beaches with a gravel component (sediments > 2 mm in b-axis diameter) have received very little attention in the coastal geomorphology literature. This research is based on 19 lakes in the South Island of New Zealand ... -
Clean Green New Zealand? Transit-Oriented Development as an Urban Development Strategy in Aotearoa? (Thesis, Master of Planning, 2013)The past fifty years has seen urban design and planning largely prioritise private vehicle use, resulting in among other things, an increase in vehicle ownership worldwide. This trend has resulted in the underutilisation ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 1998)
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(Thesis, Master of Applied Science, 2011)Effective climate change adaptation requires adequate assessment of the wider environmental, social and economic impacts of a climate change adaptation response and identification and mitigation of the practical issues ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2003)
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