Coastal Management: The Engineering, Economics and Policy

Date

Time

4:45pm

Venue

Intercontinental Hotel Sydney at 117 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Speakers

Rob Stokes is the former Member for Pittwater and Minister for Infrastructure, Cities, and Active Transport in the NSW Government. Rob is currently the Chair of the Faith Housing Alliance and is an Advisory committee member for the Urban Policy Forum. Rob is an environmental lawyer and has read sustainable urban development at Oxford and completed a PhD in planning law under a Commonwealth Scholarship. 

James Carley*  is a Senior Research Fellow in Engineering at the Water Research Laboratory (WRL), University of NSW. He holds a Master of Engineering Science degree in Coastal and Water Engineering and has over 27 years of experience in coastal and water engineering. James has served on the NSW Coasts Oceans and Port Engineering Panel (COPEP) of Engineers Australia since 2000, and its National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering (NCCOE) since 2017.

Dr. Shima Madani is an accomplished economist and General Manager at Balmoral Group Australia.  She specialises in natural resource economics and mainly focuses on coastal economic research. Dr. Madani holds a Ph.D. in Natural Resource Economics, where her dissertation focused on determining the total economic value of coral reef ecosystems in the Persian Gulf. She brings significant experience in cost-benefit analysis and economic analysis of coastal management.                       
 

* James replaces Ed Couriel, Manly Hydraulics Laboratory, who was not available.

Price

Ordinary Member Cost: $0.00

Description

Coastal management is an increasing area of attention for economics, as we consider mitigation measures for sea level rise and increased storm intensity. This seminar looks at an application of economics to engineering solutions for a coastal erosion case study. The differences of practice under last year’s revision of the NSW Cost Benefit Guidelines will also be raised.  Finally, the Ministerial level policy considerations in making decisions on such projects will be covered. The panel will then be open for extensive discussion of the professional issues in each field for coastal management.