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Diane M. Pearson | |
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Alma mater | Australian National University |
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Fields | Landscape architecture |
Institutions | Charles Darwin University, Massey University |
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Diane M. Pearson is a New Zealand landscape architecture academic. As of 2018, she is a full professor at the Massey University. [1]
After a 1998 PhD titled 'The impact of human activity on landscape diversity in space and time : measurement and analysis of spatial structure and change in the Milton-Ulladulla area of NSW' at the Australian National University, Peason moved to the Charles Darwin University and then Massey University, rising to full professor. [1]
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