CZ07 pt. 4
. . . these things are exhausting. I had every intention of writing a wrap-up of yesterday when I got back yesterday evening. I stepped out for a little walk around the neighborhood, lay down in the park and totally fell asleep, the grass tickling my newly bald head. I woke up from my brief nap fairly more relaxed, but thinking about coastal management issues non-stop for 12 hours will wipe you out. Needless to say, I wasn't really in the mood to fire up the laptop and go into it all again . . . but now that I've had several ounces of coffee and the day is new here goes . . .
. . . yesterday was another "action packed" day of sessions beginning with a presentation from "the Hawaiians" and alot of the great work being done by the ohana or community of coastal managers out there. The guys at PRiMO are really organizing some amazing work, which would be too difficult to go into here but I recommend you check out the site. Karl Kim at UHDURP presented some neat work, as did Nathan Wood from USGS. Both were on hazard planning and mitigation. I'm trying to find some links, perhaps I'll have a big summary entry when the week is out with everybody's info.
. . . but again stealing the show (in my mind anyway) was Kalani Souza. Somebody dropped out of the session and Mr. Souza was asked to discuss his role in PRiMO and the importance of including the cultural and community aspects of these sorts of things into plans and bureaucracies. Again he managed to explain the matter in his own style, ukulele in hand and using traditional Hawaii'an story to make the point. Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to introduce myself to him but perhaps today I'll get a chance to say hello and maybe even get his take on what I'm trying to do.
. . . the second session I largely attended because Rob Thompson was presenting. Rob was one of the reasons that I ended up @ URI and then ended up in UVA. He was Austin's professor and has always had a frank and humorous look at a number of matters. His work isn't too shabby either, but his surfing stinks. I'm kidding of course. His work is great. Actually, the work he presented was some interesting research on beach access done using a Trimble unit much like the one that I recently had acquiring for the Architecture school, so I'll have to get some more info on that to share w/ Dr. Phillips.
. . . finally there was the session about the future of Coastal Management . . . which is a huge can of worms and one that has great implications for Coastopolis but given the fact that I already missed Mr. Jack McGowan discuss his wonderful efforts at SOLV and the role of citizenry in coastal management I'm going to have to save that discussion for a later date . . .
. . . yesterday was another "action packed" day of sessions beginning with a presentation from "the Hawaiians" and alot of the great work being done by the ohana or community of coastal managers out there. The guys at PRiMO are really organizing some amazing work, which would be too difficult to go into here but I recommend you check out the site. Karl Kim at UHDURP presented some neat work, as did Nathan Wood from USGS. Both were on hazard planning and mitigation. I'm trying to find some links, perhaps I'll have a big summary entry when the week is out with everybody's info.
. . . but again stealing the show (in my mind anyway) was Kalani Souza. Somebody dropped out of the session and Mr. Souza was asked to discuss his role in PRiMO and the importance of including the cultural and community aspects of these sorts of things into plans and bureaucracies. Again he managed to explain the matter in his own style, ukulele in hand and using traditional Hawaii'an story to make the point. Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to introduce myself to him but perhaps today I'll get a chance to say hello and maybe even get his take on what I'm trying to do.
. . . the second session I largely attended because Rob Thompson was presenting. Rob was one of the reasons that I ended up @ URI and then ended up in UVA. He was Austin's professor and has always had a frank and humorous look at a number of matters. His work isn't too shabby either, but his surfing stinks. I'm kidding of course. His work is great. Actually, the work he presented was some interesting research on beach access done using a Trimble unit much like the one that I recently had acquiring for the Architecture school, so I'll have to get some more info on that to share w/ Dr. Phillips.
. . . finally there was the session about the future of Coastal Management . . . which is a huge can of worms and one that has great implications for Coastopolis but given the fact that I already missed Mr. Jack McGowan discuss his wonderful efforts at SOLV and the role of citizenry in coastal management I'm going to have to save that discussion for a later date . . .
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