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Local Voices, Local Choices? Vulnerability to Climate Change and Community-Based Adaptation in Rural Vanuatu

Warrick, Olivia C. (University of Waikato, 2011)

This thesis focuses on community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA) in a rural, Pacific islands context. It is informed by a case study of Mota Lava, a small island in northern Vanuatu. Climate change poses particular ...
Long term nitrate removal in a denitrification wall

Long, Lauren M. (University of Waikato, 2011)

Nitrogen (N) inputs to groundwater are one of the most widespread environmental problems globally. However, as N is important for crop production to support the current global population, it is difficult to limit N input ...
Low Intensity Conflict: Contemporary Approaches and Strategic Thinking

Searle, Deane (The University of Waikato, 2007)

Low Intensity Conflict (LIC) is a significant feature of the contemporary world and it is a particular challenge to the armed forces of many states which are involved is such conflict, or are likely to become so. This ...
Lying: Strategies to Manage Undesirable Communicative Situations in Japan and New Zealand

Nishimura, Fumiko (University of Waikato, 2011)

This study explores how Japanese and New Zealand people manage undesirable communicative situations by applying lying strategies, specifically, how they manage refusal situations by using untruthful excuses. Lying is a ...
MacKinder meets Buzan: A Geopolitical Extension to Security complex Theory with an emphasis on the Polar Regions

Gibbs, Denis Richard (University of Waikato, 2011)

Throughout the centuries interstate wars have been fought over territory to satisfy the requirement of states’ to secure sufficient land and resources to meet the lifestyle needs and economic aspirations of their citizens. ...