Lincoln Planning Review

Lincoln Planning Review is the online Journal of the Lincoln University Planning Association (LUPA). 

Lincoln Planning Review aims to be the pre-eminent source of information on, planning issues, research and education in and affecting the Central and upper South Island.

Lincoln Planning Review welcomes submissions on a wide range of topics related to planning, in its broadest sense. The journal aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice and to nurture student and professional development. Lincoln Planning Review also actively seeks to develop the discourse on planning and resource management in a cross-cultural context.

 Its objectives are: 

• To provide an avenue for Lincoln University planning students to develop skills in professional communication
• To provide a means of keeping the community, high school teachers andeducators, and professional planners informed of local or regional topical planning issues
• To enable the professional exchange of information and views that is of localor regional, rather than national, interest
• To share updates and results of planning related research among local practitioners
• To complement and facilitate the roles of the Planning Quarterly and the newsletters and work of the Canterbury-Westland Branch of the NZPI and the Lincoln University Planning Association To promote professional planning education and research
• To address issues of concern to mana whenua and encourage capacity building in planning among indigenous peoples generally
• To contribute to the research environment and comprise part of the distinctive contribution made by Lincoln University to the region and the nation.