by kapow | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog, Government Policy, Miscellaneous
SALTWATER ECONOMY Surf, sun, sand and nbn will change how we work, live and play outside major cities. (Photo credit: Visit NSW). Sam Wills lives in Port Stephens and is a research fellow in economics at Oxford University. He works with a team based in Boston, New...
by kapow | Oct 22, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
Caring for our coasts? “Shoring up” Gold Coast most iconic beach, Surfers Paradise in 2013 (photo source: Naomi Edwards) Over the past two weeks I have had the opportunity to lecture to students at two great Australian universities, Sydney and UNSW. The lectures have...
by kapow | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy, Miscellaneous
COASTAL URBAN DESIGN Recreational parks along beaches are a great way to open public access while maintain development set backs. Five principles for coastal settlement structure were used to describe elements of the public domain and the built form that reinforces...
by kapow | Jul 20, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
INTEGRATED OR DISINTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT? A lack of leadership and failed responses over many years has resulted in mis-management at Old Bar in NSW Many have written about the relevance of ICZM to good coastal management both in Australia and overseas. Our...
by kapow | Jul 5, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTS In 2008 the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists released a report entitled Accounting for Nature. At the time we never dreamed of where our ideas would take. With the support of the Purves Environmental Fund and The Ian Potter Foundation, we...
by kapow | Apr 19, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
COASTAL MONITORING Australian Coastal Observation Network: Monitoring and Forecasting Coastal Erosion in a Changing Climate. Photo source: WRL, 2015. Coastal monitoring was raised in a discussion last week at the phone hook-up of the ACS Executive. Questions were...