To The Beach: Community Conservation and Its Role in 'Sustainable Development' (Uwa Scholarly) - Softcover

Kerr, Thor

 
9781742586649: To The Beach: Community Conservation and Its Role in 'Sustainable Development' (Uwa Scholarly)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1742586643 ISBN 13: 9781742586649
Publisher: UWAP, 2015

Synopsis

When property developers, politicians and a vocal community debate how local land should be used, with the media intent on exposing conflicting interests and incompatible ideologies, it is only a matter of time before plans change and careers take new paths. Written as an engaging account of politics and coastal property development in Fremantle, To the Beach is a creative, non-fiction account of the politics of ecological crisis in Australia. Through this book, Thor Kerr encourages readers to reflect on perceptions of environmental threats and solutions and describes how environmental movements form around a shared desire to live a local experience - in this case, the experience is 'our' beaches. Drawing on PhD research, this highly topical book is a useful scholarly resource and an engaging study for readers with an interest in Australian politics and culture, particularly at the nexus of property development and environmental activism.

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Publisher
UWAP
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1742586643
ISBN 13 
9781742586649
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256