Tumultuous tides faced by WA’s coast: harden up or go with the flow?

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Talk Description

WA’s coastal environments have always been dynamic, but rising sea levels and growing storm impacts are accelerating change and creating difficult and expensive challenges – especially for coastal communities. Strategies include protective measures that ‘harden’ the coastline, nature-based approaches that improve coastal system resilience, or simply retreating from our coast. We will discuss the pros and cons of different solutions, recognising the diversity of coastal communities and others who depend on our coasts, along with pathways to more sustainable coastal futures.

Bio

Abbie Rogers is Director of the UWA Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy and an Associate Professor and WA Premier’s Mid-Career Fellow within UWA’s School of Agriculture & Environment and Oceans Institute. Her research focuses on coastal management, natural hazards and environmental restoration. As an environmental economist, she works across ocean and land-based environments, developing economic tools to support evidence-based policy, with a focus on inclusion of community values and preferences in decision making.