Lessons for New Zealand from Britain's Foot and Mouth Epidemic |
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| Authors: | MAIRI JAY MUNIR MORAD ANGELA BELL |
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| Affiliation: | Mairi Jay is a senior lecturer in Department of Geography, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand;Munir Morad specialises in GIS applications and is a Principal Lecturer in the School of Earth Sciences and Geography, Kingston University, UK;Angela Bell is a student in Resources and Environmental Planning at the University of Waikato. |
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| Abstract: | This paper explores some implications for New Zealand's rural community of Britain's foot and mouth epidemic in the light of growing international trade and travel, and changes in New Zealand's rural society. The paper includes ecological mapping with a projected/likely spatial distribution of an epidemic in New Zealand, and an assessment of the possible institutional and social responses in the wake of a disease outbreak. It notes the course of the epidemic in Britain, and possible differences and similarities in institutional response frameworks between Britain and New Zealand. |
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