Courage, Caution or Cowardice. Has the Shift Towards Risk Management in Flood and Coastal Erosion Directed Attention From the More Complex Issues of Coast and Estuary Management?
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Published:2007
Gregor Guthrie, John Ash, Steven Trewhella, 2007. "Courage, Caution or Cowardice. Has the Shift Towards Risk Management in Flood and Coastal Erosion Directed Attention From the More Complex Issues of Coast and Estuary Management?", Coastal management: Proceedings of the two-day international conference organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers and held in Cardiff on 31 October–1 November 2007, Robin McInnes
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The paper examines the current UK structure for coastal and estuarial management, arguing that risk and coastal management, although linked, require different approaches. Furthermore, the paper considers the inherent concern that, in failing to recognise the differences and hence the critical aspects of choice against broadening objectives of expectation in the coastal environment, we can expect greater dissociation and mistrust between the professional coastal engineer and the public. With a growing confusion as to what drives decisions, coupled with a sectorial approach based solely on risk, the profession is in danger of both falling back on uncertainty as a excuse for temporary fixes and replacing vision with expediency.
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