The nature of natural: Defining natural character for the New Zealand context

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-341

  Froude, Victoria A ^a   Rennie, Hamish G ^b   Bornman, Janet F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Baselines; Coastal environment; Environmental naturalness; Environmental policy; Human perception; Reference conditions; Resource management act

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY STRATEGY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATIONAL PLANNING; PERCEPTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77957167030     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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