Geography

Geography

Completed Theses

 

PhD

SIMON ALLEN - GIS and Remote Sensing Based Assessment of Glacier Related Hazards, Aoraki Mount Cook National Park

PhD

RIJAL IDRUS - An Integrated Management approach to Sustainable Development of Coastal Resources in South Sulawesi , Indonesia (A Case Study on Coral Reefs and Mangroves Utilisations)

PhD

BRIAN ANDERSON - Response of the Franz Josef Glacier to climate change

PhD MARWAN H. KATURJI - Application of atmospheric modeling and field measurement techniques to the siting of wind turbines: effects of turbulence, inflow angles, and small-scale airflow variation in complex environments

PhD

TIM APPELHANS - A climatology of particulate pollution in Christchurch

PhD

TIM KERR Precipitation distribution in the Lake Pukaki Catchment, NZ

Phd

FRANCIS AYUKA - Examining place influence on alcohol-related behaviour and health outcomes in New Zealand

PhD

PETER MAYELL - Reading Between the Li(n)es: A Critical Geopolitics of 9/11 and the "War on Terrorism"

PhD

PHIL BARTIE - Speech Enabled Location Based Services To Support Urban Exploration PhD LAURA MILLER - Population Mixing and Health in New Zealand

PhD

MARIA BOROVNIK - Seafarers in Kiribati - Consequences of international labour circulation

PhD JO-ANNE MORGAN - Arboreal Eloquence. Trees,Commemoration and History-building
PhD PENNY CLENDON - Processes controlling meltwater production on the McMurdo Ice Shelf

PhD

WILLIAM SABANDAR - Rural Transport: An examination of the links between concepts and impacts (Case Study of Indonesia)

PhD

BRUCE WILDBLOOD- CRAWFORD - Environmental Justice and Dioxins: Health, Local Resistance, and the politics of "Expert Knowledge"

PhD

ANGELIQUE SCOTT - Source apportionment and chemical characterisation of fine particles in Christchurch.

PhD

IAIN DAWE - Longshore sediment transport in mixed sand and gravel shorelines

PhD

ANNA TAYLOR - Weathering and hydrological processes on shore platforms

PhD

CHRISTINE ELLIOTT - Rock weathering processes in Antarctica

PhD

LEE THOMPSON - Profession and Place: Challenging Professional Boundaries at the Margins

PhD

HANS SKAILAND EIKAAS - Patch-occupancy distribution of native fish: A GIS approach

PhD MIKHAIL TITOV - The application of mesoscale atmospheric numerical models to understanding local atmospheric structures and circulations

PhD

MAREE HEMMINGSEN - What is the role of abrasion in the behaviour of a mixed sand and gravel beach?

PhD

JANE TURNBULL - Coral Reefs and Public Policy: The Localisation of Global Effects in the South Pacific

 

JORDY HENDRIKX - Avalanche Management and Forecasting, the use of a Geographic Information System for the Milford Road

PhD

J. GAINES WILSON - Spatial analysis of air pollution and related health effects.

   

 

Masters

SIMON ALLEN - Factors Influencing snowpack development, Porter Heights New Zealand - Towards an evolutionary model for avalanche forecasting.

Masters

GEOFFREY McGREGOR - Travel choices - towards an understanding of household travel behaviour in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Masters

SIMON BARDSLEY - Land cover influences on TIR pixel values: a multiscale study of Canterbury satellite imagery.

Masters

DEBS MARTIN - "We run the ice": Critical geopolitics of New Zealand's Antarctic relationship in the "Environmental era".

Masters MICHAEL BROWN - Health effects of PM10 air pollution in Reefton, South Island, New Zealand

Masters

KATE MCPHERSON - Food Insecurity and the Food Bank ‘Industry’: Political, Individual and Environmental Factors Contributing to Food Bank Use

Masters

NICK BUCHANAN - How new rural-urban fringe developments affect travel patterns in Christchurch.

Masters

MIZNA MOHAMED - Estimating Visitor Willingness to pay for Recreational Use of the Dhigalil Haa Marine Protected Area in Baa Atoll, Maldives

Masters

ANDREW CARTHORN - Mapping of catchment-scale erosion severity and sediment sources in the Upukerora catchment using GIS

Masters

PAUL MOTH - Investigating the environmental justice of sea level rise in New Zealand

Masters

JEREMY CHIRNSIDE - The distribution of precipitation types across the South Island.

Masters DANIEL O'DONOHUE - Correcting Directly Georeferenced Thermal Imagery Using GIS Data
Masters AMANDA CRAVENS - Stories about pristine mountains: History, visitor interpretation and conservation in New Zealand 's Te Wahipounamu world heritage area

Masters

BRUNO DE PASSILLE - The application of GIS and remote sensing to avalanche terrain mapping in the Harris Mountains, Central Otago.

Masters

MICHAEL DAVIES - Re-presenting the past: maritime heritage in New Zealand

Masters

ESTHER RIND - Investigating the spatial distribution of campylobacteriosis in New Zealand

Masters

RYAN FALCONER - "Boy Racer", an ambiguous label: Working towards a better understanding and a new managerial strategy.

Masters ALI SHAREEF - Analysis of mesoscale flow regimes over the Maldives using a numerical model

Masters

SHAUN FORREST - The potential for climate stress in diary cattle across New Zealand

Masters TRISTAN SHEPHERD - A numerical study of Tropical Cyclone Sidr (2007): sensitivity analysis using Advanced Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF-ARW)

Masters

DUNCAN FOSTER - The Morphodynamics of the Motunau Beach Promontory

Masters KREEPA SHRESTHA - The contribution of micro- scale activities to personal exposure in commuting micro- environments

Masters

FRANKLIN GINN - 100% Pure? Re-imagining nature-society relations in New Zealand

Masters

BINA SINGH - A GIS Application for Seismic Risk Assessment in Christchurch City, New Zealand

Masters

PHILLIPA GLASSEY - Drink-driving in Christchurch: Exploring the links between gender, age and class in convicted and non convicted drink-drivers.

Masters

CARLY SLUYS - Indoor Air Polution: A study of individual exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide

Masters

MICHAEL GREEN - Using mesocscale meteorological models to assess wind energy potential

Masters

SHONA SLUYS - Climatic influences on the Grapevine: A study of vitaculture in the Waipara region

Masters

VICTORIA GUYATT - Reconciling Multiple Identities – Maori Women Scientists in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Masters

NITA SMITH The velocity field of the Darwin-Hatherton glacial system from remote sensing

Masters

SARAH HEMMINGSEN - Maori traditional and contemporary values, uses and management of the coast.

Masters

JO STAPLETON - Waihao- Wainono Barrier: Form and Function

Masters ERIN HOLMES Geographic Trends in Infectious Disease or Geographic Variation in Notifications? Masters KATHERINE TAYLOR - Utilitarian Cycling - Investigating Latent Demand in Christchurch, New Zealand

Masters

PAM HOWES - Geographies of Diabetes in New Zealand: Interfacing consumers and health professional's perceptions of diabetes care and education.

Masters JOEL THOMAS - Volume Change of the Tasman and Brewster Glaciers
Masters EINAR HREINSSON - Assimilation of snow cover area information into a model and evaluation of the effects with respect to measured runoff

Masters

ABBY THORNLEY - A temporal Anaysis of Burglary in Christchurch, New Zealand 1997-2003

Masters

BIANCA HURRELL - The war on biodiversity : (re)positioning & (re)presenting nature & the indigenous versus introduced species debate in New Zealand

Masters DAVID THORNTON - A Critical Assessment of the Implementation of the New National Evironmental Standards for Ambient Air Quality in NZ
Masters REI ISHIKAWA - The Coastal History and Dynamics at Rapahoe Bay , West Coast , New Zealand

Masters

CATHERINE TISCH - Geographical Inequalities in Mortality in New Zealand, 1981 – 2000
Masters LAURA JARDINE-COOM - Matua Ruapehu: Wairua Maori, Western Science and Mt Ruapehu

Masters

MIKHAIL TITOV - Application of an international atmospheric mesoscale modelling system to analysis of air pollution dispersion in Christchurch and surrounding areas.

Masters

CLAIRE KAIN - The Holocene, Present, and Future – Predicted Evolution of Coastal Wetlands in the West Coast Region of New Zealand

Masters

REWA TOMLINSON - Community Development in El Mirador, Nicaragua Post Hurricane Mitch

Masters

TIM KERR - Operational snow-storage model for the Lake Pukaki catchment, South Island, New Zealand

Masters

SHANNON USSHER - Riding the walking school bus to success: an evaluation of the walking school bus programme within the Christchurch context.

Masters MARTIN KORNDOERFER - Fulani pastoral practices and their environmental impact around the Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve

Masters

LUKE VERSTEEG - Feasibility Study for Rail Transport from North of the Waimakariri River into Christchurch
Masters TAMMY KORNDOERFER - Natural resources dependency in poor rural communities in the developing world: Yelwa village as a case study

Masters

EMMA VESSEY - The Gore Bay coastal system, North Canterbury, New Zealand.

Masters

DAVID KROLICK - GIS based assessment of physical and economic potential for sustainable energy use: a Canterbury, New Zealand case study.

Masters

GLENN WATERLAND - Developing a climate database to aid crop decision making.

Masters JEELA KUMAR - Can the quality of resources in a neighbourhood determine the likelihood of an obesogenic environment?

Masters

BETH WATSON Reconceptualising 'disasters': Development and the Social Construction of Disasters - Lessons from the Samoan Experience

Masters

DAVID KURU - Assessing and quantifying causes of foreshore erosion on the township beaches of Lake Te Anau.

Masters

ANDREW WELSH - Delineating debris-flow hazards on alluvial fans in the Coromandel and Kaimai regions, New Zealand, using GIS

Masters

JAVIER LEON - Morphodynamics of Shelly Beach, Otago Harbour

Masters

EDWARD WRIGHT - The influence of Land Use Patterns and Socio Demographic Distribution on Public Transport use in Christchurch, New Zealand

Masters

SUSAN LILLEY - Acceptability of Residential Density; a review of Christchurch’s Living 3 Zone

 

 

Masters

HAMISH LOUGH - Predicting Mammalian Pests in the Hurunui Mainland Island using GIS