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Spatial dimensions of N ew Z ealand's environmental management
Author(s) -
McNeill Jeffrey,
Cheyne Christine,
Summers Rachel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/nzg.12016
Subject(s) - privilege (computing) , government (linguistics) , natural resource management , spatial planning , sustainable development , local government , environmental resource management , geography , political science , environmental planning , public administration , business , natural resource , economics , linguistics , philosophy , law
N ew Z ealand's regional council boundaries drawn as part of the 1989 local government reforms privilege integrated catchment management. This privilege is now challenged by calls to both fragment and amalgamate councils and centralise decision‐making but with little analytic assessment of the spatial differentiation to support them. The spatial underpinnings of these calls were explored using a case study that assessed the spatial dimensions of environment management. Analysis of the L and E nvironments and R iver E nvironment C lassification databases and councils' planning documents highlights challenges local governments face in applying integrated natural resource management within single purpose jurisdictions and implications for wider sustainable development policy.