Supervisors

Foremost thanks are extended to my two supervisors, Naoko Tojo and Carl Dalhammer, for being so supportive, approachable, and available. Their criticisms and suggestions were always timely and highly constructive, and they greatly contributed to my understanding of the main topics involved. I can only hope that the quality of my work echoes the quality of the supervision that I received. I am thankful towards the stakeholder representatives that I interviewed in the Netherlands. I found the interviewees incredibly forthcoming and direct, and they made every effort to ensure that their points were well communicated to me. From these experiences, I would gladly recommend future Masters students to undertake theses in the context of the Netherlands, as the responses from interviewees can be so critical to the success of a thesis. I greatly appreciate the support of my fellow Batch 11 students, who have been especially helpful in debating different environmetal issues and exploring the merits of different thesis topics. In particular, Raphaël, Bronwen and Patrick – my housemates during the coursework part of the Masters program – have singularly contributed to my overall enjoyment of the past year. My unending gratitude also goes to Stacey, who has been so supportive an