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Foundations of Emergency and Disaster Management

Topic - Why the Gold Coast's 'ever-decreasing' sand supply poses a planning headache

Supplementary Assessment Task Description

Read the article Why the Gold Coast's 'ever-decreasing' sand supply poses a planning headache - ABC News . Your task is to use the concepts and information presented in this article to present an analysis of what this observation might mean for Queensland's disaster management and risk reduction policy, based on the sections outlined below. Your submission must address all of the sections listed to achieve a passing grade.

Section 1: Challenges and Opportunities

In your own words, describe the most significant challenges that this phenomenon poses to the Gold Coast's socioeconomic situation. Additionally, provide your opinion on any potential physical, economic, environmental, or social issues that might be caused by the mitigation measures described in the article.

Section 2: Stakeholders and Priorities

In your own words, identify the three most relevant stakeholders to the issue of sand loss and the socioeconomic issues it causes, and describe what their interest in the issue is. In addition, in your own words, describe one way in which the differing perspectives of stakeholders lead to a challenge in dealing with the issue, and briefly outline a method by which this challenge might be addressed.

Section 3: Long-Term Policy

In this section, address the "last resort" suggestion at the end of the article, about managed retreat. Describe, in your opinion, the impact of a managed retreat for the three stakeholders you identified in Section 2, and state your opinion on whether such an option would be beneficial for that stakeholder.

Your submission should be approximately 1000 words.