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Girt by sea: antipodean lessons in coastal adaptation law
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McDonald, J, Girt by sea: antipodean lessons in coastal adaptation law, Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal, 10, (1) pp. 29-59. ISSN 1947-3982 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Australia is an island nation, ‘girt by sea’. The coast plays a fundamental role in Australia’s national identity, economy, and cultural and social life, as well as providing critical ecosystem goods and services. Since European colonization, sections of Australia’s eastern seaboard have undergone intensive development, from Melbourne in the south to Cairns, in Far North Queensland. Over 80% of Australia’s population currently lives within fifty kilometers of the coast. Coastal values are already at risk from a range of hazards, but while Australia’s coast experiences periodic damage from tropical cyclones, east-coast lows, or midlatitude depressions, it has yet to experience the large-scale erosion or inundation that has occurred in parts of Europe or the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | impacts, climate change, adaptation, coastal management |
Research Division: | Law and Legal Studies |
Research Group: | Environmental and resources law |
Research Field: | Environmental law |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Coastal and estuarine systems and management |
Objective Field: | Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems |
UTAS Author: | McDonald, J (Professor Jan McDonald) |
ID Code: | 139782 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Deposited By: | Law |
Deposited On: | 2020-07-03 |
Last Modified: | 2021-04-28 |
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