by ACS.Admin | Sep 12, 2022 | Blog
Protection For Sydney Harbour: Berrys Bay Case A legal decision of great significance related to the protection of the natural heritage of Sydney Harbour has recently been made in a judgment by the Chief Judge of the NSW Land and Environment Court (Preston, CJ). The...
by ACS.Admin | Aug 25, 2022 | Blog
Coastal Inundation: A Hazard Not to be Underestimated Sixty years ago, I had my first encounter with overwash deposits resulting from storm surges along the Gulf of Mexico in southwest Louisiana and Texas. It was a revelation. I had just commenced graduate studies at...
by ACS.Admin | Aug 9, 2022 | Blog
Beach Access – An International Perspective In the book edited by Derek Jackson and Andy Short on Sandy Beach Morphodynamics (Elsevier, 2020, I wrote on “Future challenges in beach management as contested spaces” (Ch.29, 711-731). Reference was made to a legal...
by ACS.Admin | Jul 27, 2022 | Blog
SoE 2021 and Coasts The 244 page Coasts chapter in the 2021 Australian State of the Environment Report has four key findings on Australian coasts: 1) they are a zone of concentrated biodiversity and productivity; 2) they are under pressure; 3) they will be profoundly...
by Sarah Joyce | Jul 19, 2022 | Blog
Human Rights and Beaches On my first visit to Myrtle Beach in South Carolina in 1964 I encountered beach racial segregation. It was quite a shock. African Americans had their own section of the beach where white Americans did not go; to see African Americans elsewhere...
by Sarah Joyce | Jul 6, 2022 | Blog
Coastal Walks and Local Councils I am a great fan of the SBS program “Scenic Coastal Walks with Kate Humble”. It is shown on Thursday evenings and beautifully captures the contrasting delights of the British coastline and the wonderful opportunities the public has in...