I have decided that as I work on case studies for my research I will keep a visual record by painting and sketching. I enjoy doing these things, and I also think it may make the end product more interesting. This painting, on which the paint was barely dry when I photographed it, is of Faversham Road where I live in south east England - indeed the point of view is from directly outside my home. If projections turn out to be correct, and we are unsuccessful in persuading government to defend us from rising sea levels, this place may not exist in 70 years time.
In 2007 the draft Shoreline Management Plan for where I live proposed that the area might undergo 'managed realignment', with homes lost to the sea uncompensated in as little as 20 years. I was active in campaigning against this proposal, which was subsequently modifed. Since then I have developed a research interest in the social justice aspects of government policy with respect to climate change and coastal planning, to which this blog is devoted.
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Thursday, 31 January 2013
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