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| Subject: OZschwitz serfs will be allowed by their masters, to protect their properties, with sandbags against rising sea levels Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:08 am | |
| NEW state government sea level rise guidelines will make it easier for people to fortify their homes against the effects of climate change, but local councils said the policy would lead to ''ad hoc'' walls of sandbags that will not hold back the sea.
The policy, unveiled last weekend by the Special Minister of State, Chris Hartcher, overturns the previous strategy of ''managed retreat'' that sought to limit new developments in low-lying coastal areas.
Large areas of Sydney are expected to face more frequent inundation as sea levels creep up. They include Collaroy, Caringbah, Kurnell and Manly Vale, as well as low-lying parts of inland suburbs such as Marrickville, federal government maps show.
But Mr Hartcher said the rate of sea level rise predicted by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - an average of up to 90 centimetres along the NSW coast by the end of the century - contained too much uncertainty for the government to give general advice to local governments.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/managed-retreat-to-sandbag-city-20120910-25oi6.html#ixzz268uBimsC
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