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Built Environments I (DESST 1006)

e-Research topic 16

Beach development

The expansion of development at Glenelg Beach (Holdfast Shores etc.) is set to expand with the likely demolition of Magic Mountain to create a site for development. Some believe that the Glenelg foreshore is already over-developed, and that any such site should be retained as public space. Discuss the issue of public space, private space and beach development.

REFERENCES

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Treccasi, Louise. "Daniel has a mission - to save a mountain", Advertiser, 19th December 2002, page 26.

Craig, Leanne. "Bay `needs open space play area'" , Advertiser, 17th August 2002, page 8.

Grady, Michelle. Conservation Council of SA executive officer. "Magic opportunity: Real future for Glenelg", Sunday Mail, 11th August 2002, page 40.

Abraham, Matthew. "Between the Rock and a hard choice", Hills & Valley Messenger, 14th August 2002, page 7.

Brown, Rachel . "Another shores apartment plan", Guardian Messenger, 21st August 2002, page 13.

Articles
Ahwan, Lauren, Treccasi, Louise. "Controlling coastal developments", Southern Times Messenger, 25th July 2001, page 4.

Duffy, Michael, Stylianou, Andrea. " A vacant block down by the sea and it's worth a cool $1m", Advertiser 3rd September 2001, page 3.

Martin, Roger. "Minister plans curb on coastal projects", Australian,16th July 2001, page 6.

McIlveen, Luke. "Carr to dictate coastal projects", Australian, 27th June 2001, page 3.

McIveen, Luke. "Coastal control grab not for all", Australian 28th June 2001, page 5

Web sites
City of Holdfast Bay.
Holdfast Shores Development - Have your say! includes an Information brochure, news releases, advertisements and artist impressions from Colley Reserve and a Beachscape.

South Australia Development Plans
Planning requirements of individual councils, for Metropolitan Adelaide, Outer Metropolitan, and Country areas. Check the list of contents to find "coastal zone"

SA Environment. Coasts & Marine.
Includes links to the Natural Heritage Trust Coastcare site, the Coasts and Marine home page (SA Department for Environment and Heritage) and Coastal Management.

SA Central
Provides links to individual local government web sites as well as environental, heritage and planning information.

Australian Coastal Atlas. South Australia.
A network of Commonwealth and State/Territory nodes providing information about the Australian coastal environment. [The Atlas requires Java and Javascript to be enabled on your browser .]

Environmental Groups in Metropolitan Adelaide. Holdfast Bay.

ENCYCLOPAEDIAS and HANDBOOKS are useful sources for background information.

Encyclopedia of architecture, design, engineering & construction. Wiley, New York, 1990.
Reference collection 720.3 W682e
'Environment-planning with the natural environment' v.2, pp372-385. 'Site development', v.5, pp588-608.

Magill's survey of science. Earth science series. Pasadena, Calif., Salem Press, 1990.
Reference collection 550 M194m
"Coastal processes and beaches", vol. 1, pages240-245

McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science and technology. 9th ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
Reference collection 503 M14.9
"Coastal engineering", vol. 4, pages 332-336. "Coastal landforms", vol. 4, pages 336-338.

Encyclopedia of beaches and coastal environments. Stroudsburg, Pa., Hutchinson Ross Pub. Co., 1982.
Reference collection 550 E56 15
"Coastal zone management", pages 324-328. "Protection of coasts", pages 664-668.

Ching, F. D. K. Visual dictionary of architecture. Wiley, New York, 1997.
Reference collection 720.3 C539v
Instead of an alphabetical listing, the information is clustered around basic aspects of architecture with words placed in their visual context. Included are fundamental terms relating to architectural design, history and technology. "Sitework", pages 221-223. "Soils", pages 224-225.

The following handbooks present guidelines for architectural design over a range of activities, building types, and environments. These follow European or North American precedents, remember to check with Australian codes.

Architect's data. (Neufert) 3rd ed. Oxford, Blackwell Science Publishers, 2000.
Reference collection 721.0212 N482a.3

Metric handbook: planning and design data. 2nd ed. Oxford, Architectural Press, 1999.
Reference collection 721.0212 N532.2

Time-saver standards for landscape architecture: design and construction data. 2nd ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Reference collection 712.0212 H313t.2

Finding MORE INFORMATION on the topic

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beach AND development finds 43 records which include both of these words somewhere in the record. Many of these results are not relevant to the topic.

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landscape? AND (beach? OR coast?) AND (environment? OR ecolog?)

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Coastal zone management
Landscape architecture
Land subdivision--Environmental aspects
Shore protection
Waterfronts

Another way to use Subject Headings is through the Guided keyword search.
From Search by: select Subject, and in the search bar(s) type words that you know from useful subject headings. For example:

coastal zone [leave the default at] all of these
AND
environment? development leave the default at] all of these
This search finds 5 records which include these two pairs of words in a Subject Heading or its subheadings.

Alternatively, if you are interested in environment or development in the coastal zone, change the default, for example:

coastal zone [leave the default at] all of these
AND
environment? development [change the default to] any of these where either of the words must appear in a Subject Heading. This is a broader search and finds 73 records.

Go to What does the Library have on my topic? for ways of improving your search results

Use INDEXES and DATABASES to find what articles or papers have been written on your topic

These databases use Boolean operators, in most cases it is safe to use the words AND or OR (with brackets) but there may be other codes used for truncation, such as an asterisk *. Search notes are provided for each database but if you don't get the results you expect, please check with the Architecture Librarian, Kay Leverett.

The databases listed below cover information on aspects of development in the coastal zone.

With an Australian coverage are -
ARCH - indexes Australian architectural and design journals.      click here for search notes
APA-FT - indexes a range of Australian journals in the social sciences, full text of articles provided from 1995 for some 200 journals.   For search notes see ARCH
Australia/New Zealand reference centre- indexes articles and newspapers from Australia and New Zealand.      click here for search notes
BUILD - from the CSIRO, indexes journals, books and research reports on building and construction in Australia.   For search notes see ARCH
ElectricLibrary - includes full text of major Australian newspapers, some general encyclopedias and journals.     click here for search notes

For an international perspective see -
Avery Index - an international index for architectural and design journals. click here for search notes
EAI: Expanded Academic Index - covers a wide range of journals. Provides full text for many of the articles. click here for search notes
ENGINE - from the Institution of Engineers, Australia, indexes articles and papers published by the Institution. For search notes see ARCH
GEOBASE - an international index of articles, books and research reports on urban geography. For search techniques see ARCH
LexisNexis - a huge international database; includes full text Australian newspapers. click here for search notes

This is only a small selection of possible databases, if you don't find what you need here, please come and see me, Kay Leverett, Architecture Librarian, or contact me by phone (8303 4659) or email: kay.leverett@adelaide.edu.au