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Perceptions Of Value And Risk: Sea-Level Rise And Adaptation At Greenwell Point, Jacob Lia
Perceptions Of Value And Risk: Sea-Level Rise And Adaptation At Greenwell Point, Jacob Lia
Social Sciences - Honours Theses
Sea-level rise poses a looming risk for Australia’s low-lying coastal regions. Many coastal communities are expressing uncertainty and resistance to adaptation because it is perceived as a greater risk than temporally distant sea-level rise. This thesis seeks to investigate how place values and risk perceptions inform community perspectives towards sea-level rise and adaptation in the form of a levee. A novel qualitative-GIS value-risk analysis is performed using photo-mapping interviews and landscape value-mapping with five research participants in Greenwell Point, NSW.
The results chapters reveal that residents valued Greenwell Point for its diverse environments and experiences. Two primary value groupings emerged, …