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 | 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...
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 | Jan 25, 2016 | Blog, International
VON HUMBOLDT AND FRIENDS Alexander von Humboldt I have just finished reading a magnificent book by Andrea Wulf entitled The Invention of Nature; the adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of Science. The author took the view that contemporary science and...
by kapow | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog, International
TWO VIEWS FROM THE USA: Dune protection and beach access (Photo source: Emma Lee/for NewsWorks, file) Last week I read two articles from the USA that made me think of where we are heading in Australia—some might argue we are already there! The first article is from...