LGA = local government area
Notes:
- n = 34
- Bars represent condition plus trend scores per LGA, summed across LGAs. Summing across LGAs gives consideration to the spatial extent of each pressure.
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Figure 1 Level of concern over pressures affecting the coast, as reported by Australian coastal local government areas
Figure 2 Assessments of the impact, trend, outlook and management of pressures to the coastal environment, by Australian coastal local government areas
Notes:
- n = 34
- Points indicate the mean, coloured by grade, and violin shapes represent the distribution of the data. Outlook is calculated as the sum of impact and trend.
Figure 3 Assessments of the condition of coastal environmental components, at local, regional and national scales
Note: National assessments were provided by academic domain experts, while local and regional assessments were provided by Traditional Owners and local government areas. Points are jittered to show that some quantities were measured many times.
Figure 4 Assessments of the condition, trend, outlook and management of environmental components as determined by Australian coastal local government areas
Notes:
- n = 34
- Points indicate the mean, coloured by grade, and violin shapes represent the distribution of the data. Outlook represents the sum of condition (horizontal axis) and trend.
Figure 5 Examples of contrasting Australian beach systems and sediment budgets
Source: Thom et al. (2018)
Note: Reprinted from Ocean & Coastal Management 154, BG Thom, I Eliot, M Eliot, N Harvey, D Rissik, C Sharples, AD Short & CD Woodroffe, National sediment compartment framework for Australian coastal management, 103–120, Copyright (2018), with permission from Elsevier.
Figure 6 Coastal dunes depend on beaches for sand supply and stability (Towterer Beach, south-west Tasmania)
Figure 7 Three decades of coastal change across Australia based on the satellite-derived Digital Earth Australia Coastlines dataset
Figure 8 Evolution of width of sand features at Southport Lagoon (Tasmania) and Bribie Island (Queensland), 1988 to 2018
Figure 9 Hamersley Inlet, southern coast of Western Australia
Photo: James Tweedley
Figure 10 Percentage burned area by bioregion (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia), showing the impact of the 2019–20 megafires in south-eastern Australia
