Mapping the environmental footprint of the Central Plains Water irrigation scheme : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the Masters of Design at the Institute of Communication Design, Massey University, Wellington, NZ

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dc.contributor.authorIvamy, Dean
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-03T21:08:59Z
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dc.date.available2009-06-03T21:08:59Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractIn the statement Mayor Parker is referring to a complexity of issues that involves a plethora of hard-scientific and statistical information. The diversity of opinions regarding the scheme’s benefits and potential negative implications also create misunderstanding for the general public. This prompts the hypothesis of this design thesis, which suggests that statistical data when visually mapped and in the context of its physical environment can provide significant cognitive and ecological awareness for the viewer to understand the economic and environmental implications of the proposed irrigation scheme. Both the areas of cartographic mapping and the dairy industry contain controlled vocabularies, which present opportunity for graphic modeling and explanation through visible phenomena. The Canterbury Plains has a well-established historical and agricultural narrative. However, due to the recent dramatic and substantial transition of the region’s dairy industry between the periods 1995 – 2008, subsequent demand for freshwater now represents the real prospect of uncharted future environmental instability. The development of a visual language system capable of the interpretation and construction of the irrigation scheme’s benefits and potential negative implications, provide this thesis through graphic modeling the possibility to compare the proposed CPW scheme’s issues. While some industry groups consider public participation as arbitrary and unnecessary, recent surveys indicate water quality and fertiliser management as the most significant areas for environmental concern. The debate should not exclude the public, but rather include communication systems capable of reaching all communities.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/871
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectCentral Plains Water irrigation schemeen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental footprinten_US
dc.subjectCommunication designen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental impacten_US
dc.subject.otherFields of Research::410000 The Arts::410300 Cinema, Electronic Arts and Media Studies::410306 Communications and media studiesen_US
dc.titleMapping the environmental footprint of the Central Plains Water irrigation scheme : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the Masters of Design at the Institute of Communication Design, Massey University, Wellington, NZen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorIvamy, Dean
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication Designen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Design (M.Des.)en_US
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