Sea change or, impending dune

Date
2003
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract

The slow disaster of shoreline erosion has been met with various human attempts to control the relationship between Galveston Island and the Gulf of Mexico. In territorializing the island as private property, the main economic draw (the beach) is being sacrificed as the sandbar is increasingly expected to behave like a stable landmass. Private Property Rights and Public Beach Access clash as the difference between the land and the sea refuses to manifest itself as a line drawn through space. There is latent potential within the land itself to work with a beach access infrastructure that operates as a mesh. Such a system can transgress problematic territorial boundaries and mark out multiple processes of reterritorialization as they are occurring on the site. In this way, the forces at work in shaping the island can become culturally relevant in a constructive way, altering the human relationship with the land.

Description
Degree
Master of Architecture
Type
Thesis
Keywords
Landscape architecture, Urban planning, Regional planning
Citation

Schuster, Kristin Akkerman. "Sea change or, impending dune." (2003) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17624.

Has part(s)
Forms part of
Published Version
Rights
Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.
Link to license
Citable link to this page