Category Archives: local government

Natural disaster: a tale of two cities

Posted on 22 May 2018 by Peter Boyer

Recovery from disastrous events like floods and earthquakes involves vision and  imagination as well as hard yakka. Hobart and Christchurch have a lot in common. They’re around the same latitude and each is the main centre on a southern island. … Continue reading →

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The awesome challenge of coastal inundation

Posted on 30 January 2018 by Peter Boyer

A significant increase in Antarctica’s contribution to sea-level rise raises the prospect of a 1 metre to 1.8 metre sea level rise within a human lifetime. That should be raising alarm bells among authorities and planners. A giant is stirring to … Continue reading →

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The battle to tame Prosser’s shifting sands

Posted on 2 January 2018 by Peter Boyer

Bending nature to our will is not a straightforward matter. The little beach near Port Arthur where my family used to camp over summer was the perfect place for a boy to play out fantasies about coastal engineering. As with … Continue reading →

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