A5021909996- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Mining and Resource Management
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
- Geological formations and processes
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
- Geological Studies and Exploration
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
- Scottish History and National Identity
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Historical Studies of British Isles
- Heavy metals in environment
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
University of Otago
2013-2024
Independent Sector
2021
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
2021
University of Gothenburg
2019
Emory University
2018-2019
University of Minnesota
2011
East Sussex County Council
2006-2009
Bureau Veritas (France)
2006
HM Prison and Probation Service
2004
University of Northern Iowa
1998
This paper reviews progress in environmental impact assessment (EIA) over the last 40 years, with particular emphasis on 15–20 and poses question: is EIA ready to meet future challenges? The first part of briefly examines spread around world, recent trends uptake EIA, continuing emergence variants assessment. second concentrates current issues under three broad headings: theory practice effectiveness. An important thread running through how discussions about theory, a feature 15 are...
An analysis of studies the outcomes environmental impact assessment (EIA) indicates that its role in consent and design decisions is limited, due primarily to passive integration with decision processes it intended inform. How much EIA helps sustainable development largely unknown, but hypothesised more than typically assumed, through a plethora causes, including emancipation stakeholders incremental change bureaucracy, companies scientific institutions. To enhance effectiveness EIA,...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the meaning sustainable development held by New Zealand “thought leaders” and “influencers” promoting sustainability, business, or business. It seeks compare inductively derived worldviews with theories associated sustainability humanity‐nature relationship. Design/methodology/approach Worldviews were explored through a cognitive mapping exercise. A total 21 thought leaders influencers constructed maps their understanding development. These...
Abstract Purpose The purpose of this paper is first, to investigate empirically the plurality understanding surrounding sustainability held by those working in business sector, and second, consider likelihood a dialogic accounting that would account for perspectives identified. Design/methodology/approach subjects study are people actively incorporate within New Zealand business, both their advisors. Participant's subjective investigated using Q methodology, method used widely social science...
This article analyses the state of democracy in world 2018, and recent developments building on 2019 release V-Dem dataset. First, trend autocratization continues 24 countries are now affected by what is established as a "third wave autocratization". Second, despite global challenge gradual autocratization, democratic regimes prevail majority (99 countries, 55%) 2018. Thus, unmistakably more compared to any point during last century. At same time, number electoral authoritarian had increased...
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) involves assessing how proposals may alter the determinants of health prior to implementation and recommends changes enhance positive mitigate negative impacts. HIAs growing use needs be supported by a strong evidence base, both validate value its application make more robust. We have carried out first systematic empirical study influence HIA on decision-making in Australia New Zealand. This paper focuses identifying whether changed impacts that participants...
While many guidelines explain how to conduct Health Impact Assessments (HIAs), less is known about the factors that determine extent which HIAs affect health considerations in decision making process. We investigated are associated with increased or reduced effectiveness of changing decisions and implementation policies, programs projects. This study builds on tests Harris Harris-Roxas' conceptual framework for evaluating HIA effectiveness, emphasises context, process output as key domains....
ABSTRACT We interpret recently acquired two‐dimensional (2D) and 3D seismic data from the contractional domain of Tertiary deepwater west Niger Delta, which is an area current hydrocarbon exploration development to show that during its gravitational collapse, multiple detachments were active. Detachments are located within (1) what we herein refer as ‘Dahomey unit’, (2) transition between Agbada Akata formations (Top Akata) (3) formation. Seismic interpretation quantitative measurements...
Strategic environmental assessment in action, by Riki Therivel, London, UK, Earthscan, 2010, 366 pp., £29.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-84971-065-7 (SEA) is a proces...
Literature on impact assessment and involuntary displacement mostly explains the impacts that might occur or have occurred local communities during after induced by development projects. However, there is only very limited research considers experience pre-implementation phase of project. Our attempts to highlight caused large-scale projects trapped in a long it seeks explain factors intensify affected communities. The based case study analysis West Seti Hydropower Project, proposed dam...
Reviews of environmental impact assessment (EIA) practice, particularly by industrial proponents, have highlighted common shortfalls. EIA would benefit from more ‘common sense’, which is not very common. For example, issue scoping usually includes too many inconsequential factors, and issues directly affecting project decisions. Consideration significance often vague, misleading or inconsistent. Quality statements (EISs) leaves much to be desired, with EIS documents little use stakeholders....
Abstract Recently acquired 2D seismic data shot over the western Niger Delta have enabled a pre-delta rift framework to be delineated inshore of transform fault dominated continental margin which lies beneath later, delta sediment apron. The apron has been deformed by toe-of-slope thrusting where faults climbed from detachment surface at or near top over-pressured Akata Formation mudstones. overlying mixed clastic succession Agbada faulted broadly oceanward stepping series NW-SE trending...
The main purposes of this research are to establish the extent and character copper spray use in viticulture industry New Zealand; determine level accumulation nationally viticultural regions. also included pilot investigations storage on different soil fractions changes nutrient status vineyard soils with high concentrations. A questionnaire survey was completed by 124 growers from throughout country. Copper sprays still used majority cases, but have either never been or no longer almost...