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Using A Social Functionalist Framework To Understand Responses To Projected Sea Level Rise And Managed Retreat Policies In Australia, Kim Alexander, Anthony Ryan
Using A Social Functionalist Framework To Understand Responses To Projected Sea Level Rise And Managed Retreat Policies In Australia, Kim Alexander, Anthony Ryan
Kim S Alexander Dr
Managed retreat is one of the few policy options available to the Australian government to mitigate the risk of sea level rise for coastal communities. A structured withdrawal from areas inundated by rising sea levels may be the only viable option for some jurisdictions and in many cases may be the most cost effective defensive approach. At present, little is known about community opinions on managed retreat options. The authors present a social functionalist framework to analyse the range of personal concerns and understand more about how people may respond to predicted changes to coastal shorelines. The meta-theoretical social functionalist …
Chapter 4: 'Water' - Resource Efficiency In Asia And The Pacific, Kim Alexander, James West
Chapter 4: 'Water' - Resource Efficiency In Asia And The Pacific, Kim Alexander, James West
Kim S Alexander Dr
Water is essential to life, supplying human needs and maintaining ecosystems for all living species. Water resources are important to socio-economic development, providing material input into production and consumption activities and acting as sinks for waste material. Consequently, water resource systems are closely linked to the economic use of resources. This section of the report investigates water resource and water use patterns, trends in water use, and resultant stress on water systems across the Asia-Pacific region.