by kapow | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog, International
COASTAL CONFLICT AND CULTURAL MODELS Navigating the right road of conflicts (pc: Rough Guides) I was delighted recently to have my attention drawn by Naomi Edwards to a fascinating paper entitled Cultural Models and Shoreline Cultural Conflict. It was written by...
by kapow | Aug 1, 2016 | Blog, Miscellaneous
10 years of the Australian Coastal Society Australian Coastal Society at ICS 2016 It is a pleasure to be able to write about the Australian Coastal Society in Blog Number 50. Ten years ago we established the process to form ACS. The occasion was the 2006 Coast to...
by kapow | Aug 1, 2016 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog
ACS AGM 2016 The Australian Coastal Society is hosting its AGM at the 2016 Coast to Coast Conference in Melbourne on Thursday 1st September, 12:30pm – 1:30pm. All members and interested coastal colleagues and friends are invited. It will be a great opportunity to find...
by kapow | Jul 18, 2016 | Blog, Sediments
ANCIENT SHORELINES My fascination for the coast has always been a combination of an interest in present-day process and forms with the events and products of the past. This is seen as a mixture of coastal morphodynamics and coastal morphostratigraphy. Using the...
by kapow | Jul 18, 2016 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog
Memberships are now due. This year has seen major erosion events on the east coast and widespread bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef, highlighting the need to protect the social, environmental and economic values of the coastal and marine environments.The ACS is a...
by kapow | Jul 4, 2016 | Blog, Climate Change, Miscellaneous
NATIONAL ACTION FOR COASTAL ADAPTATION Venus Bay, Eyre Peninsula (pc: South Australia Tourism) At the time of any federal election, it is interesting to see how major parties consider the broader issues involving coastal adaptation into the new climate era. Over the...