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    Cultural Models of the Coast in Australia: Toward Sustainability

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    Authors
    Stocker, Laura
    Kennedy, Deborah
    Date
    2009
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Stocker, Laura and Kennedy, Deborah. 2009. Cultural Models of the Coast in Australia: Toward Sustainability. Coastal Managemant. 37 (5): pp. 387-404.
    Source Title
    Coastal Managemant
    DOI
    10.1080/08920750902855998
    ISSN
    0892-0753
    School
    Sustainable Policy Institute (CUSP)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10749
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Cultural models of the coast affect—and are affected by—our marine ethics, frameworks for coastal ownership, and management practices. The coast can be seen as an ecosystem with intrinsic values, a commodity that can be bought and sold, a community place where people meet, a landscape with aesthetic appeal, a productive system that generates profits, a property to be managed, or a spiritual realm that relates to proper order and reverence. Each of these cultural constructions interacts with the others and this can create conflicts over rights and responsibilities. Each construction has implications for who should manage the coast, to what ends, and by what means. This article explores the negative and positive implications of seven cultural models to the Australian coast and makes suggestions about the value of Australian Indigenous and sustainability perspectives to a durable human relationship with the coast. Examples are drawn from recent coastal developments in Australia, such as Native Title debates, the marine protected area process, and Coastcare.

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