School of Environment


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The School of Environment comprises a team of more than 40 academics, 20 highly qualified technical and administrative staff and a lively postgraduate and undergraduate community.

Name Topic
Aiken, Simon Tectonic impacts upon draingage basin morphology, longitudinal profile form, rate of incision and bedload transport along rivers on the margin of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau
Andres, Ulrike Cultural geography
Arthurs, James Melvin Engineering Geology of rhyolitic deposits in the Bay of Plenty
Aslam, Mohamed Coastal Hydrodynamics & Sediment Transport around ATOLL Islands
Atkin, Daniel Robert Edward Geochemical Proxies for Environmental Change in Auckland Maar Crater Lakes
Baars, Roger Cloud The Social Construction of Common Identities in the ASEAN Region
Bade, David Heritage management and the nature/culture dualism: managing cultural heritage on conservation islands in New Zealand
Bijoux, Denise Everyday Lives: the role of 'place of residence' in health, wellbeing, identity & belonging for new residents of Auckland city
Blue, Brendon Anthro-fluvial interactions in the Sanjiangyuan region, China
Booden, Mathijs Geochemistry of altered and unaltered volcanic rocks in the Coromandel Volcanic Zone
Bradbury, Matthew Urban development of the contemporary waterfront
Buckenberger, Corina 'Myths' of housing qualities in an owner-occupant dominated environment: experiences from the Auckland Region
Coleman, Tara Geographies of health & wellbeing: Ageing in place
Damken, Claas Insects in Mountainous Landscapes: Influence of Habitat Fragmentation and Climate Change
de Freitas Colin (Alex) At the intersection of digital & physical public space: free Wi-Fi and the changing geographies of the city and its 'public'
Diamond, Howard A climatological study of tropical cyclones in the Southwest Pacific Ocean basin
Downs, Drew Deciphering the 4D geological framework of the Taupo-Reporoa Basin: implications for deep hydrothermal flow
Doyle (Fowler), Louise The Geochemistry and Petrography of the Mangaone Subgroup, Okataina
Drecki, Igor Visualisation of uncertainity in multi-variate geographical data
Eagle, Michael Taxonomy of Mesozoic Crinoids of New Zealand and New Caledonia
Ergler, Christina Rebekka Understanding the relationships between activity and neighbourhoods in children's geographies - the power of feelings
Etherington, Thomas Mapping Invasion Risk of Brushtail Possums Using Spatially and Temporally Explicit Modelling
Figueira, Brigida Salt Marsh foraminiferal record of late Holocene sea level rise around NZ
Fildes, Christine Miocene megaturbidites of New Zealand: emplacement mechanics, hinterland characterisation and chronostragraphic significance
FitzHerbert, Stephen Following Māori vegetables: geographies of circulation and exchange in New Zealand
Flynn, Sarah The Role of a Native Understorey in Nutrient Cycling in a Chronosequence of Pine Plantations
Gorter, Rendt S Participation in environment governance in New Zealand and the Fiji islands: a deliberative analysis of public deliberation
Gregory, Claire Enabling sustainable river futures: exploring institutional interventions
Haney, Christine Elizabeth Communication and co-management of Lands in Western New South Wales, Australia
Herdianita, Rina The Mineralogy and Evolution of the Darajat Geothermal Field
Hock, Barbara Visualisation for communitcating forest sustainability
Kokje, Amit Enhancing the accuracy of urban feature extraction: the data fusion approach
Kularatne, Kiribathgodage Indrapriya Ajithalal Lichen as atmospheric pollution bio-monitors
Kuo, Cheng-Wei (Daniel) Typhoon-induced adjustments to bedrock river morphology along the Liwu River, Taiwan
Lafary, Eric Coastal and estuarine ecosystem services
Le Corvec, Nicolas Physical controls on monogenetic basaltic volcanism, Auckland volcanic field, New Zealand
Lee, Jane Korean New Zealanders' return migrations to 'homeland', 1999~2009
Li, Xilai The spatio-temporal dynamics of four plant-functional types in Kobresia meadow as affected by human disturbances in the Sanjiangyuan region, China
Liu, Cheng (Aaron) Agent negotiation mechanism when executed the synchronous distribution of finite city resources in the frameworks of MAS and CA
Mahdavi Ardestani, Babak Modelling residential segregation: An empirical and simulation-based study
Mandlier, Philipp Coral reef hydrodynamics. Driving mechanisms for circulation processes around small reef islands.
McEntee, Marie Science Communication for Sustainable Land Management
McGee, Lucy Magmatic processes in the Auckland volcanic field
Meijer, Petra Public ecology in ecological restoration: Can community-based monitoring link science, values and beliefs?
Morales San Martin, Narkis Restoration Ecology and natural resource management
Morgan, Kyle Sand generation on a Maldivian reef platform: reef to island linkages
Nadoll, Patrick Geochemistry of magnetite from hydrothermal ore deposits and host rocks
Nicoll, Tami Spatial and temporal variability in disturbance response of river systems
Ogawa, Hiroki Wave processes on sub-horizontal shore platforms
Pegman, Andrew Paul Seed dispersal and demographics in Miro & Puriri
Phipps, Hilary Lee Preserving plurality: valuing conservation of restoration of NZ's indigenous biodiversity
Pirie, Maryann The climate history of New Zealand reconstructed from Speleothems and kauri tree rings: enhancements through the use of novel statistical methodology
Rahnama, Bizhan Governance and institutional arrangements for the management of natural resources
Reid, Helen Sediment conveyance and planform change: Using a conceptually framed sediment budget to underpin Rehabilitation with the Tongariro River, New Zealand
Resture, Alan Tuvalu and Climate Hazards: Understanding differences in vulnerability in small atolls: A case study of climate extremes in Nanumea, Nukufetau, and Funafuti Islands, Tuvalu
Saether, Kristian A taxonomic and paleobiogeographic study of cold seep fossil assemblages from the Hawke's Bay region, NZ
Saunders, Justine Multivariate responses of marine communities to environmental change
Scholz, Christopher Tectonic evolution of the Whakatane Graben
Selby, Megan Species based conservations programs with social development components
Sharma, Sanjay Identities and rights in the integrated conservation and development projects in Nanda Devi biosphere reserve, Uttaranchal, India
Steer, Jamie Deconstructing ‘wildlife’ in New Zealand
Stephens, Thomas William Inter-hemispheric climate variability: a novel multi-proxy application of oxygen and silicon isotopes to a southern hemisphere maar crater lake
Storm, Sonja Crystallisation history of rhyolite magmas at Tarawera volcano, New Zealand, from in-situ 238U-230Th disequilibrium dating of zircon
Suonio, Enni Elina Interaction between business practices & environmental strategies for new media technologies & services
Thompson, Mary Anne The interface between probablistic volcano hazard analysis (PVHA) and risk management in New Zealand
Trafford, Julie Emerging spaces of knowledge production: communities of practice and co-learning in postgraduate geography education in New Zealand
Utami, Pri Lahendong geothermal field, Sulawesi and its evolution
van Kerckhoven, Liesbeth Evolution of deep-sea benthic foraminifera & impacts of the Paleoecene-early Eocene climate crisis
White, Toni Denise Production and environment: an investigation of the New Zealand dairy space
Whitehead, Brandon 'Fingerprinting' geoscientific discovery from hypothesis to results
Zawalna-Geer, Aleksandra Developing new methods for tephra correlation and chronology in Auckland area
Zhao, Jinfeng Optimising representational mix in a multi-representational cartographic interface


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