by kapow | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog, International
COASTAL CULTURAL MODELS – ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE The ecological health of beaches is important for wildlife too (pc: abc.net.au) If there is one perspective that can stir debate it is that generated by those who seek to impose an ecological perspective on others. This...
by kapow | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog, International
COASTAL CULTURAL MODELS – LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE “NOT ON OUR WATCH”: Port Macquarie-Hastings Council director Matt Rogers, right. (pc: www.camdencourier.com.au) Both Thompson (2007) and Stocker and Kennedy (2009) in their respective papers in the journal Coastal...
by kapow | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog, International
COASTAL CULTURAL MODELS – OMMODITY PERSPECTIVE The conflicts of commodifying the coast (pc: cherylricker.com) Robert Thompson in his 2007 paper in the journal Coastal Management (v.35, 211-237) states quite bluntly that the community model has no place in the...
by kapow | Sep 20, 2016 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog, Miscellaneous
The Peron Naturaliste Partnership Update The Peron Naturaliste Partnership was successful in gaining the Department of Transport Coastal Adaptation and Protection program funding to assist with the Regional Coastal Monitoring Project. The Shire of Harvey also received...
by kapow | Sep 2, 2016 | Blog, Contributor
JACK DAVIES—GEOGRAPHICAL GEOMORPHOLOGIST Tom Oliver with Jack Davies Bruce Thom with Jack Davies I wish to interrupt my series on the work of Robert Thompson to write about a wonderful meeting I had today. Along with Tom Oliver, I visited Jack Davies at this home in...
by kapow | Aug 20, 2016 | Blog, International
COASTAL CULTURAL MODELS – SOVEREIGNTY PERSPECTIVE Robert Thompson identified sovereignty as one of the seven ‘’models’’, or what I prefer to call perspectives, in his 2007 paper on cultural models and shoreline social conflict (Coastal Management, 35). The primary...