- Williams, Alan, Veth, Peter, Steffen, Will, Ulm, Sean, Turney, Chris, Reeves, Jessica, Phipps, Steven, Smith, Mike
- Authors: Williams, Alan , Veth, Peter , Steffen, Will , Ulm, Sean , Turney, Chris , Reeves, Jessica , Phipps, Steven , Smith, Mike
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Quaternary Science Reviews Vol. 123, no. (2015), p. 91-112
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- Description: Drawing on the recent synthesis of Australian palaeoclimate by the OZ-INTIMATE group (Reeves etal., 2013a), we consider the effects of climate systems on past human settlement patterns and inferred demography. We use 5044 radiocarbon dates from ~1750 archaeological sites to develop regional time-series curves for different regions defined in the OZ-INTIMATE compilation as the temperate, tropics, interior and Southern Ocean sectors to explore human-climate relationships in Australia over the last 35,000 years. Correlations undertaken with improved palaeoclimatic data and archaeological records indicate that the regional time-series curves are robust, and can be used as a proxy for human behaviour. However, interrogation of the datasets is essential with artificial peaks and taphonomic over-correction being critical considerations. The time-series curves are interpreted as reflecting population growth, stasis and even decline in phase with terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene climatic fluctuations. This coupling, however, decreases during the last 5000 years, most likely due to increased population levels, greater territoriality, technological solutions to stress, and social and ideational innovation. Curves from all sectors show exponential population growth over the last 5000 years. We identify future research priorities, highlighting the paucity of archaeological records across several parts of Australia (<1 dated site/4,000km2), especially around the fringes of the arid zone, and the need for improved taphonomic correction techniques. Finally, we discuss how these time-series curves represent a first-order framework, not dissimilar to global climate models, which researchers can continue to test and refine with local, regional and continental records. © 2015.
What would a climate-adapted settlement look like in 2030? A Case Study of Inverloch and Sandy Point
- Stanley, Janet, Birrell, Robert, Brain, Peter, Carey, Marion, Duffy, Michelle, Ferraro, Scott, Fisher, Steb, Griggs, David, Hall, Ashley, Kestin, Tahl, Macmillan, Carole, Manning, Ian, Martin, Helen, Rapson, Virginia, Spencer, Michael, Stanley, Chris, Steffen, Will, Symmons, Mark, Wright, Wendy
- Authors: Stanley, Janet , Birrell, Robert , Brain, Peter , Carey, Marion , Duffy, Michelle , Ferraro, Scott , Fisher, Steb , Griggs, David , Hall, Ashley , Kestin, Tahl , Macmillan, Carole , Manning, Ian , Martin, Helen , Rapson, Virginia , Spencer, Michael , Stanley, Chris , Steffen, Will , Symmons, Mark , Wright, Wendy
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Book
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- Description: The issue considered by this research report revolves around the broad themes or questions such as: what are we adapting to?; who or what adapts?; and, how does adaptation occur? The challenge that these questions create is that the concept of an adapted settlement encompasses both ‘visual’ and ‘process’ dimensions. Therefore, there is a need to understand how the settlement will decide what it wants to look like in a climate adapted world, and how the settlement is going to achieve this successful adaptation response by (and beyond) 2030. Essentially, adaptation is not something that achieves an endpoint, but is ongoing and responsive to the various impacts that must be adapted to. Thus, there is a need for flexibility, and for adaptive capacity to be initiated and able to continue to change and evolve as required now and into the future.
What would a climate-adapted settlement look like in 2030? A Case Study of Inverloch and Sandy Point
- Authors: Stanley, Janet , Birrell, Robert , Brain, Peter , Carey, Marion , Duffy, Michelle , Ferraro, Scott , Fisher, Steb , Griggs, David , Hall, Ashley , Kestin, Tahl , Macmillan, Carole , Manning, Ian , Martin, Helen , Rapson, Virginia , Spencer, Michael , Stanley, Chris , Steffen, Will , Symmons, Mark , Wright, Wendy
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Book
- Full Text:
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- Description: The issue considered by this research report revolves around the broad themes or questions such as: what are we adapting to?; who or what adapts?; and, how does adaptation occur? The challenge that these questions create is that the concept of an adapted settlement encompasses both ‘visual’ and ‘process’ dimensions. Therefore, there is a need to understand how the settlement will decide what it wants to look like in a climate adapted world, and how the settlement is going to achieve this successful adaptation response by (and beyond) 2030. Essentially, adaptation is not something that achieves an endpoint, but is ongoing and responsive to the various impacts that must be adapted to. Thus, there is a need for flexibility, and for adaptive capacity to be initiated and able to continue to change and evolve as required now and into the future.
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