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Coastal resource management in New Zealand : a case study : the Whakatane District coastal resource : its management, control, planning and implications for its future use
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1982)
Coastal resource management in New Zealand is accompanied by complex legislation, a multiplicity of authorities who have jurisdiction over the coastal zone, competing resource uses and a unique yet finite, natural ...
A contingent valuation study of consumers' willingness to pay for water: an approach to conserving Christchurch's groundwater resource
(Lincoln University, 1991)
Christchurch's groundwater resource, which supplies the City's residents with top quality water, is not inexhaustible as was once thought. Recently, there has been concern that the resource will be over used and destroyed. ...
Deciding on customary use? An analysis of conflicting values in customary use decision making
(Lincoln University, 1994)
Customary use of resources by Maori has recently become the focus of public debate due to the opposition of environmentalists to the desire by Maori to reassert their rights to harvest resources such as the kereru, toroa ...
Breaking new ground: re-inventing Māori role in Te Waihora /Lake Ellesmere’s governance
(Lincoln University. Department of Environmental Management., 2011)
Struggles relating to governance of water resources by indigenous peoples are a well
documented issue in social science literature world-wide. Informed by the debates in this
literature, our research examines recent ...
Multiple criteria decision making in resource management : an examination of some methods for the analysis of decision problems in the context of some resource management issues
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1984)
The methods of multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) are techniques for the analysis of decision problems for which several criteria (or objectives) are relevant, as against those problems for which only one objective ...
Sustainability and sustainable development : a goal and an approach for development in Western Samoa
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1990)
The study interprets sustainability and sustainable development. It argues that Western Samoa should adopt a sustainable development approach and outlines how that approach may be put into operation.
Sustainability is ...
Sphagnum moss
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1989)
Sphagnum moss (Sphagnum species) has been used for thousands of years. Throughout history its uses have ranged from medicinal to clothing to food. This diversity is in most part due to its special properties; of being able ...
The Montreal Process and sustainable management of New Zealand's forests
(Lincoln University, 1996)
Sustainable forest management aims to manage forests for all their values: economic; sociocultural; and ecological and physical. This is a holistic approach. Countries participating in the Montreal Process, an international ...
The flexibility of water resource management
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1986)
This study examines the proposition that present water allocation procedures, based on predictions of future resource and social conditions, are too flexible to deal adequately with real-time conditions.
An analysis of ...
Visitors' attitudes to the recreation resources of the Mackenzie Basin
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1976)
The following report contains a summary of the results of a survey of visitors' attitudes to recreation resources of the Mackenzie Basin. The study was undertaken for the reason that while the resources of the Mackenzie ...