by kapow | Apr 12, 2020 | Blog, Legal
Recent Coastal Legal Cases There have several recent court cases that relate to coastal management. We should be aware that decisions by courts can form a basis for future planning and actions in coastal management. While the legal process can be very time-consuming...
by kapow | Mar 24, 2020 | Blog, Government Policy
CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE—THE CURRENT CRISIS Back in my undergraduate days, I was briefly fascinated by the work of a famous historian; well famous enough to get on the cover page of TIME magazine in the 1940s. His name is Arnold Toynbee. Over several decades he wrote a...
by kapow | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog, Climate Change
Recent papers in the journal Nature Despite all the crises we currently face, the media has found space to highlight two papers published in NATURE in recent weeks that relate to the future of coastal conditions, in particular beaches. The first paper is concerned...
by kapow | Feb 27, 2020 | Blog, Climate Change, Miscellaneous
HOLOCENE SEA LEVELS AND COASTAL EVOLUTION I have long been interested in trying to unravel the driving forces that underpin the geomorphological and sedimentary record of coastal deposits. This has involved the study of sand barrier, river delta and coral reef...
by kapow | Feb 17, 2020 | Blog, Contributor, Miscellaneous
Brian Caton ‘a coastal legend’- RIP 9 February 2020 A number of ACS members in Adelaide recently attended a wake for Brian Caton. Our condolences to Angela and his family. Brian’s wake had many ‘coastal’ people, representing a mark of respect and appreciation for...
by kapow | Feb 4, 2020 | Blog, Government Policy
NATIONAL COASTAL ADAPTATION AGENDA 2010: A RETROSPECTIVE It is hard to believe that only 10 years ago on 18 February, 2010, around 180 coastal wonks gathered in Adelaide to discuss “developing a national coastal adaptation agenda”. It was a Forum sponsored by the then...