This presentation is about mathematical models, but with a particular bias. The title refers to working the blue gold – and the models are called mathematical tools. This is about mathematical models applied to solving ...

It is argued, in this paper, that the Department of Conservation is unable to undertake sufficient maintenance of the conservation estate due to a lack of resources; that the Department is seeking options to supplement the ...

Chapter one laid out the background and context in which the issues covered in the report take place. The aims and objectives of the project are described, as are the methods used and the limitations of the report. Definitions ...

This project is part of the Ministry for Environment’s Water Allocation Programme. The programme is aimed at enabling sustainable development of New Zealand’s water resources by removing unnecessary constraints to water ...

This paper is an attempt to look beyond the debate concerning the role of economic analysis in the formulation of environmental policy and to consider, from a lawyers perspective, a role or potential role for economics and ...

Current resource development in New Zealand is unprecedented in its pace and scale. Development activities have implications for other resource uses and for future generations. Conflicts generated must be recognized and a ...

This dissertation is a synthesis of four years university study in the policy, planning and Maori resource issues area. I wrote this because many Pakeha still have no real understanding of Maori environmental values and ...

Various methods of systematic analysis have been devised to help Resource Managers make decisions. Occasionally, in the past, these methods have not been used in an objective manner as they have played an advocacy role in ...

The marginal strip provisions in the Conservation Law Reform Bill 1989 are the latest in a long line of legislation to reserve in Crown ownership what is commonly known as the "Queen's Chain". The analysis identifies public ...

This review examines the proposed social contract to improve water management in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. This contract defines expectations of resource access and use, forming a boundary of responsibility ...