Virtually no urban areas in New Zealand have "just grown" in regard to the layout of streets and allotments. From very early days legislation has empowered Local Authorities to control some aspects of subdivisional ...

This study attempts to draw attention to landscape characteristics important in development, and specific to the Franz Josef region. The landscape study involves a survey of the existing village with regard to its regional ...

The forestry industry in New Zealand is well entrenched in the traditions of production economics, practicalities and progress and yet, at the same time, it occupies a very large proportion of the country's land which is ...

Wainui Valley, which is located on the shores of Akaroa Harbour, Banks Peninsula, is a popular holiday home settlement. It is reached by travelling along State Highway 75 to Akaroa and turning off at Barry's Bay. An ...

The Canterbury Mountainland is an important regional resource. Its value is not due to is productive capabilities but its aesthetic and ecological qualities contained within. The mountain environment offers a diverse ...

Fulfilling the intended objectives of developing a design proposal for an 18 hole championship golf course, involves several stages of investigation. It is intended, firstly, to research the physical requirements and ...

An endeavour will be made to more accurately define what constitutes a dry bank as specifically relating to the area being studied. Aridity and the factors that contribute to this condition will be discussed along with its ...

A residential area is home for most people. It is also a social unit of individual and community. Residential environments are what most people, for a large part of their lives, see, experience and live. It is a refuge ...

Taking part of the Tahakopa Valley, it is proposed that this be planned so that the various land uses become integrated elements in a total landscape rather than separated elements in a divided landscape. The proposal ...

To undertake a study of the regional landscape of which the property 'Bangor' is an integral part, in terms of it agricultural, physical, historical, recreational and visual resources. To study the compatibility of farm ...