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Author : David Paul Grinlinton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780864729033
Total Pages : 1134 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Environmental Law in New Zealand written by David Paul Grinlinton and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 1134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Maria Bargh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781869409524
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Environmental Politics and Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand written by Maria Bargh and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Politics and Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand is a comprehensive introduction to confronting some of today's most urgent challenges.Global warming, threats to biodiversity, contamination of waterways and other environmental issues confront today's citizens with critical challenges that are fundamentally political. Power, authority and state action enable current practices - and through politics and policy that power can be harnessed to create a more ecologically sustainable planet. In this book, leading scholars from around Aotearoa introduce students to environmental politics and policy based in this country's unique institutional, cultural and resource context.The text focuses on the key importance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the characteristics of the natural environment in Aotearoa and the role of gender dynamics in the distribution of power, before turning to how this unique setting informs and is, in turn, informed by the global context of environmental politics. The authors take a systemic view of environmental politics and governance in New Zealand, addressing the philosophical and ideational debates about who and what matters (both human and non-human), the political institutions that embed and enact these ideas, and how these ideas then manifest in particular arenas - from climate and freshwater to energy and farming. Practical tips - how to make a submission, organise a protest, write a policy brief or a press release - are woven throughout.
Author : Catherine Knight
Publisher : CANTERBURY University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781927145760
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (457 download)
Download or read book New Zealand's Rivers written by Catherine Knight and published by CANTERBURY University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Rivers : what are they and why do we care about their history?2. Maori and awa3. The colonial appraisal of rivers4. Rivers as drains5. Stocking rivers 'destitute of fish : the role of acclimatisation societies6. 'White coal' : generating power from rivers7. Madmen in cockle-shells : recreational canoeing and boating8. Constraining rivers : flood control9. Protecting and embracing rivers10. Powering the pastoral machine : the impact of farming on rivers11. Asserting mana over rivers.
Author : Andrew P. Sturman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Physical Environment written by Andrew P. Sturman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume comprehensively explores the unique and complex physical environment of New Zealand. Taking a systems approach to studying the biophysical environment, the text is divided into six major sections, covering the origins of New Zealand, the atmospheric environment, the hydrological environment, the geomorphic environment, the biological environment, and interactions and applications.
Author : John Dymond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780478347364
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (473 download)
Download or read book Ecosystem Services in New Zealand written by John Dymond and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management of New Zealand's environment needs to be based on sound knowledge. Natural resource managers and policy makers now have at their fingertips the first comprehensive assessment of the state of ecosystem services - the benefits people obtain from nature - in this country. More than 100 of New Zealand's leading scientists and academics have penned the 36 chapter for the new 540-page book. Ecosystem services are categorised as 'provisioning', such as food, timber and freshwater; 'regulating', such as air quality, climate and pest regulation; 'cultural' such as recreation and sense of belonging; and 'supporting', such as soil quality and natural habitat resistance to weeds.
Author : Alastair Cameron
Publisher : LexisNexis
ISBN 13 : 9781877511110
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (111 download)
Download or read book Climate Change Law and Policy in New Zealand written by Alastair Cameron and published by LexisNexis. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eric Pawson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Environmental Histories of New Zealand written by Eric Pawson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents an interdisciplinary account of one of the most rapid and extensive transformations of nature in human history : that which followed Maori and then European colonisation of New Zealand's temperate islands.
Author : Ton Bührs
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Environmental Policy in New Zealand written by Ton Bührs and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the mid 1980s, environmental policy has had an especially high profile in New Zealand politics. New Zealand has taken the initiative in promoting strong measures that deal with global warming, nuclear issues, ozone depletion, driftnet fishing, and the protection of Antarctica. This book provides the first systematic and critical analysis of environmental policy in New Zealand based on concepts and theories from the fields of environmental politics research and public policy studies. It assesses the strengths and weaknesses of New Zealand's environmental policies with respect to four recurring themes: the need for anticipatory policy making; the need to change our ways; the need for institutional reform to enhance policy performance; and the need for more integrated and comprehensive policy. Given that New Zealand is a widely perceived and self-promoted "clean and green" country, its environmental policies are of special international significance and interest.
Author : Catherine Knight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780473538637
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (386 download)
Download or read book Nature and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand written by Catherine Knight and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We have never been more aware of the benefit of being out in [Nature], but how much quality time does the 'average' New Zealander spend enjoying the outdoors? While our national parks are places of spectacular wilderness, for many of us, these places are out of reach. This ... book argues for the restoration of 'neighbourhood nature' - places that all New Zealanders can freely access, irrespective of socioeconomic or other factors. New Zealand's experience of the coronavirus pandemic underscores how important these local oases of [Nature] are - and how vital they are to our wellbeing."--Back cover.
Author : Chris R. de Freitas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402082541
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book New Environmentalism written by Chris R. de Freitas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains the role of New Zealand’s environmental agencies and regulatory legislation, taking in the impact of international agreements and treaties. It traces the fortunes of sustainable policy approaches and analyzes the activities of the public agencies charged with managing the environment. Moving on to a detailed thematic status report on New Zealand’s environment, it examines rural, freshwater, coastal, oceanic, atmospheric and urban zones. Finally, chapters detail public perceptions and normative environmental values as well as the depth of business commitment to environmental responsibility. An ideal introduction to the topic for a diverse range of scholars, the book eschews any specific theoretical framework in charting the recent evolution, current operation and future trajectory of environmentalism in New Zealand. It backs strategic advice with both social and ecological data, and raises questions over the country’s reputation for greenness at the same time as recognizing its numerous achievements. With neat summaries of key issues at the end of each chapter, expansive guidance on further reading, and a multitude of examples ideal for classroom debate, this volume gives us an informed, objective, and wide-ranging appraisal on a topic of increasing centrality in the policy debate.
Author : J. R. Leathwick
Publisher : Spotlight Poets
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Land Environments of New Zealand written by J. R. Leathwick and published by Spotlight Poets. This book was released on 2003 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is the result of over 15 years' research and technology development and presents New Zealand and its environments in a completely new way.
Author : Peter Holland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Home in the Howling Wilderness written by Peter Holland and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new account of Pākehā and the land in New Zealand. During the nineteenth century European settlers transformed the environment of New Zealand’s South Island. They diverted streams and drained marshes, burned native vegetation and planted hedges and grasses, stocked farms with sheep and cattle and poured on fertiliser. In Home in the Howling Wilderness Peter Holland undertakes a deep history of that settlement to answer key questions about New Zealand’s ecological transformation. Did the settlers pursue farming regardless of the ecological consequences? Did they impose European plants, animals and farming methods on a very different environment? And did their efforts lead to the erosion, rabbit plagues and declining soil fertility of the late nineteenth century? Drawing on letter books and ledgers, diaries and journals, Peter Holland reveals how the first European settlers learned about their new environment: talking to Māori and other Pākehā, observing weather patterns and the shifting populations of rabbits, reading newspapers and going to lectures at the Mechanics’ Institute. Examining the knowledge they built up by these routes, Holland lays out how the settlers grappled with droughts and floods, worked out which plants and animals made sense, and worked out how to beat erosion and rabbits. As the New Zealand environment threw up surprise after surprise, the settlers who succeeded in farming were those who listened closely to the environment. They learned to predict weather more accurately, to farm differently with different soil types, to use different techniques of land management. In its depth and breadth of research, and with a visual component of 16 photographs and 22 figures, Home in the Howling Wilderness is a major new account of Pākehā and the land in New Zealand. --Publisher's information.
Author : Catherine Knight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781927212134
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Ravaged Beauty written by Catherine Knight and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Only a century and a half ago, the Manawatu was a heavily forested hinterland: the floodplains were a sea of swamps and lagoons, teeming with birdlife, eels and other fish; the hills and terraces were covered with thick impenetrable forest, refuge perhaps to a few lingering moa. But within a few decades, the forest had been reduced to ashes, and the swamps and lagoons were being drained away. Progress marched across the landscape in the form of farms and settlements. However, it wasn't long before nature "exacted its revenge": erosion scarred the hillsides, floods ravaged farms and towns. Pollution of the rivers saw fish dying en masse. How would the people of the region meet these environmental challenges, and what lessons would there be for the future? By "peeling away the layers", this book tells the intriguing story of the Manawatu's environmental history, drawn from a rich array of sources, maps and historical images"--Back cover.
Author : Neil J. Ericksen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780754640660
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Plan-making for Sustainability written by Neil J. Ericksen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paying particular attention to the New Zealand experience of planning for environmental sustainability in the 1980s, this multi-authored study draws upon several fields of scholarship including: land use planning, environmental science, political science, and systems thinking.
Author : Patrick Crewdson
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
ISBN 13 : 1988587506
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (885 download)
Download or read book Living with the Climate Crisis written by Patrick Crewdson and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2020-09-12 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘It is there, in the background. Always. Increasingly urgent. Its ominous hum is the soundtrack to every other story we tell.’ The devastating summer of Australian bushfires underlined a terrifying sense of a world pushed to the brink. Then came Covid-19, and with it another dramatic lurch away from business as usual. Some observers are worried that the all-consuming effort to control the pandemic will distract us from the long-term challenge of limiting catastrophic climate change. At the same time, many people are hoping for a ‘green Covid-19 recovery’: a cleaner, fairer and safer world. This BWB Text brings together mātauranga Māori and Pasifika perspectives, voices from academia, activism, journalism and economics to bear witness to these troubled times.
Author : Bronwyn Hayward
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
ISBN 13 : 1988533252
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (885 download)
Download or read book Sea Change written by Bronwyn Hayward and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our seas are literally rising, but under the surface of our politics too, something is also happening. Everywhere there is a growing mood for change, increasing unease and greater efforts to live more sustainably. World leaders and scientists agree that climate change is real, and around the world we can see its effects. Yet despite the scientific and political agreement, meaningful action by governments eludes us. Bronwyn Hayward tackles this inertia head-on. In Sea Change, she argues that our best hope of combating climate change lies in people-driven climate action. She shows how to reclaim our status as political actors and come together to work towards social and climate justice.
Author : Susan Shaw
Publisher : OUP Australia & New Zealand
ISBN 13 : 9780195585216
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (852 download)
Download or read book Health, Wellbeing and Environment in Aotearoa New Zealand written by Susan Shaw and published by OUP Australia & New Zealand. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health, Wellbeing and Environment in Aotearoa New Zealand provides students and with a sound introduction to the concepts of health and wellbeing within the New Zealand environment.
