Pride and prejudice of the anthropocene coasts

Sengupta, D, Townsend, D, Brown, S, Haigh, ID and Townend, I 2025 Pride and prejudice of the anthropocene coasts. Ocean & Coastal Management, 262. 107579. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107579

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Abstract/Summary

This short communication highlights the emergence of complex design coastal reclamation for high-end property development, which we term ‘prestige reclamation’. The prestige reclamation planiforms are typically symbols, showcasing national pride, or highly crenulate designs to maximise the perimeter: area ratios, ensuring the greatest waterfront potential on the newly constructed artificial shores. Numerous questions arise as these new coasts are built: 1) what is the ecological impact of such developments, and does it differ from existing industrial and agricultural reclamations; 2) how might the complex designs affect the water quality within and around the reclamations; and finally 3) for these developments geared towards high end real-estate, recreation and tourism, how have the developments affected people living in and near these new coasts? We recognise that we stand at a crucial point in time to study these prestige reclamations, with rising sea levels, a global biodiversity crisis and a tempestuous financial climate. Therefore, this topic demands further attention and global collaboration to collectively study impact and provide alternatives to the growing demand of coastal land

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Additional Keywords:	Coastal land reclamation Cultural significance and view from space
Divisions:	Plymouth Marine Laboratory > National Capability categories > Added Value
Depositing User:	S Hawkins
Date made live:	12 May 2025 10:16
Last Modified:	12 May 2025 10:16
URI:	https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/10408

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