Abstract
In the current era of anthropogenic global warming, with the sea creeping up the defensive walls of our reclamations, one might think we would be too busy defending what we already have to contemplate extending further into the sea, yet globally the rate of coastal reclamation shows no sign of abating. The new land of the reclamation may come to be taken for granted as terra firma by its present day users, but we must bear in mind that the 'firmness' of this terrain is contingent on sea level not rising. Reclamations push the shoreline out into the sea, setting up a tension between terrestrial expansion and the sea's impetus. In that period, sand that washed down a river system from far inland was deposited to form a floodplain in the present-day Sydney region. Gay cruising was more common in the park in the 1970s and'80s than it is today.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Practice |
| Editors | Steve Brown, Cari Goetcheus |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 329-334 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351787079 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138703490 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2023 selection and editorial matter, Steve Brown and Cari Goetcheus; individual chapters, the contributors.
