Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: Living on the Edge: 'Counting the Coast'

Hodges' model is a conceptual framework to support reflection and critical thinking. Situated, the model can help integrate all disciplines (academic and professional). Amid news items, are posts that illustrate the scope and application of the model. A bibliography and A4 template are provided in the sidebar. Welcome to the QUAD ...

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Living on the Edge: 'Counting the Coast'

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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
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SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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*Coast - a spiritual place - this 'home' where I imagine and dream - as our people have done for ages.

"Coast - where grandmother, grandfather and elders explain to me where the coast used to be ...

^cost - 'the bottom line'


 My source: BBC World Service, Business Report - COP26

Mention of the challenge for governments of island nations to persuade their peoples and communities to move from the coast, to be resettled and the ultimate prospect of whole islands / nations being lost, with the need for mass migration.