Environmental Planning
Books
Introduction to the critical issues surrounding mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Available as a multiple user ebook.
Commentary
Commentary on environmental law and practice.
In-depth commentary on the Resource Management Act 1991 and the Crown Minerals Act 1991.
Databases
Coverage: Index and abstracts with some full text
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Primarily an indexing and abstracts database, with links to full text where available.
Coverage: Index
Contains abstracts of selected New Zealand serials, including newspapers, about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects covered include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities.
Coverage: Full text
More than 90 peer-reviewed journals in the areas of biomedical research, biotechnology and regenerative medicine, medicine and surgery, public health research and policy, technology and engineering, environmental research and policy, and law.
Coverage: Citations and Abstracts
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyse and visualise research. For personalised features, please register (by creating an Elsevier User profile/Personal Account) & log in with those credentials.
Coverage: 1979 to present (Index)
This database provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development. The database abstracts and indexes thousands of serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations and citations to book reviews.
Coverage: Coverage varies (Full text)
Over 2500 journals in all subject areas, published by Taylor & Francis.
Westlaw New Zealand allows you to view relevant cases, commentary and authorised reports in a single search.
Dictionaries
Covers subjects such as sustainable development, biodiversity, and environmental ethics, this is the ideal reference for students of environment and conservation, as well as for professionals in the field.
Encyclopedias
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology is the definitive reference source in the field, with entries ranging from short definitions of key terms to extended explorations of major topics. This ground-breaking project brings together specially commissioned entries written and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars and teachers. It presents materials that have historically defined the discipline, but also more recent developments, significantly updating the store of sociological knowledge. In particular, the encyclopedia introduces sociological theories and research that have developed outside of the United States and Western Europe.
Covers the discipline of human geography and related subject areas. Contains over 1000 entries on philosophy and theory, key concepts, methods and practices, biographies of notable geographers, and geographical thought and praxis.
Fully revised and updated, the second edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, first published in 2001, offers a source of social and behavioral sciences reference material that is broader and deeper than any other. Comprises over 3,900 articles, commissioned by 71 Section Editors, and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.
Journals
Australian Planner provides a forum for planning news, opinion and research and each edition of the journal contains a component surrounding a particular theme or topic of interest.
Websites
Information about the protection of New Zealand's natural and historic heritage.
Capital Letter Environment News outlines recent RMA decisions, judgment summaries from the Environment court, legislation amendments and more.
New Zealand's territorial authorities and regional councils.
The New Zealand Planning Institute is the professional organisation representing planners, resource managers, urban designers, and environmental practitioners in New Zealand.
The core work of the office is to provide advice to decision makers that maintains or improves the quality of the environment. Reports and advice drawn from environmental investigations form the backbone of the work programme, along with submissions on proposed law changes and government agency policy proposals.
What the Government is doing about the Resource Management System
Regional council for the Waikato region. The website provides links to publications.