News & Publications
Papers & Presentations
- A selection of talks, conference and seminar presentations by Boffa Miskell staff.
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"The Integration of LID and Urban Design" | September 2009
Mark Lewis, Landscape Architect & Ecologist with Boffa Miskell.
A paper presented at the Flock Hill Workshop, "Urban Ecology and Ecological Design: Perspectives in Integration and Future Directions" at Lincoln University. The paper covered principles and methodologies in integrating low impact design, urban design and urban form.
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"Heritage Viewpoints" | September 2009
Rachel de Lambert, Director:Design and Landscape Architect with Boffa Miskell.
A talk at the Auckland City Council's 'lunchtime learning' 'Mayoral Conversation' forum about opportunities for landscape to change whilst remembering the past, with reference to recent Boffa Miskell work for the council on heritage landscape mapping and policy in Auckland city.
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"Farm Management Plans to Manage Land Use Change Effects Associated with New Irrigation Development in Canterbury, New Zealand" | June 2008
Sarah Dawson, Director and Planner with Boffa Miskell, Brian Ellwood of Meridian Energy, L. Mead and C. Mulcock.
A joint paper presented to the second International Conference in Sustainable Irrigation Management in Alicante, Spain, June 2008.
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"Predicting Environmental Sustainability for Proposed Irrigation Schemes" | June 2008
Sarah Dawson, Director and Planner with Boffa Miskell, Ned Norton of NIWA, B. Ellwood and L. Mead.
A joint paper presented to the second International Conference in Sustainable Irrigation Management in Alicante, Spain, June 2008. Outlines the development and trialling of an innovative approach to prediction and its use in an Assessment of Environmental Effects.
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"Monitoring the Effects of Mangrove Removal in Tauranga Harbour" | November 2007
Sharon De Luca-Abbot, Ecologist with Boffa Miskell and Dr Steve O'Shea, Auckland University of Technology.
Outline of paper presented to the New Zealand Coastal Society Conference, 2007, 'Pushing the Boundaries'. Covers methodology and results after 1 year of data collection in 3-year programme of monitoring benthic invertebrates, sediments and mangrove dynamics.
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"From Private Retreat to Public Realm" | October 2007
Steve Dunn, Principal and Landscape Architect with Boffa Miskell.
Paper presented to the Botanic Gardens of Australia and New Zealand Congress, Hamilton, 2007. Describes rejuvenation of the historic Tupare and Hollard Gardens in Taranaki, New Zealand - developed originally as private gardens that are now publicly owned and managed.
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"Hobsonville, Sustainable Development through Urban Design" | June 2007
Doug Leighton, Principal and Urban Designer with Boffa Miskell.
Paper presented to "Cities on the Edge", International Cities, Town Centres & Communities Society Inc. Conference, Auckland, 2007. Outlines the development of urban design concepts for the former Hobsonville Airbase in Waitakere City, Auckland, based on a 'Sustainable Development Framework' and associated indicators.
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"Turning Planning Strategy into Reality" | June 2007
Craig Batchelar, Senior Principal and Planner with Boffa Miskell and Andy Ralph, Manager Environmental Policy, Tauranga City Council.
Paper presented to "Cities on the Edge", International Cities, Town Centres & Communities Society Inc. Conference, Auckland, 2007. Covers key aspects of the western Bay of Plenty sustainable development SmartGrowth project and its implementation in two case studies.
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Rural Lifestyle Development | April 2007
Rachel de Lambert, Director and Landscape Architect with Boffa Miskell.
Paper presented to "The Landscape of Lifestyle", New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects conference, Hawke's Bay, 2007. Asks whether 'rural lifestylers' should be living in the country and discusses the challenge of design to enhance landscape values
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Law as a Tool for Landscape Architecture | October 2006
Dr Diane Menzies, Menzies Environmental Ltd., and Don Miskell, Director and Landscape Architect with Boffa Miskell.
Paper presented to "Green Solutions for a Green Planet", International Federation of Landscape Architects' World Congress, Minneapolis, 2006. Examines the contribution of landscape architecture to New Zealand's planning law and mediation, including several case studies.
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"SmartGrowth in the Bay of Plenty" | October 2006
Craig Batchelar, Senior Principal and Planner with Boffa Miskell
Workshop presentation at "Pathways to Sustainability", Resource Management Law Association Conference, Auckland, 2006. Explains how the SmartGrowth Strategy and Implementation Plan in the Western Bay of Plenty subregion came about in the context of managing urban growth and development.