Fossil energy landscapes: Planned LNG terminal Kimberley region, Australia

Posted by on June 2, 2013 in Homepage, Publications

After some rather generic issues of TOPOS, I am extremely delighted by the depth of issue #82 entitled “About Landscape”. The journal features several fascinating articles of which I found the following one breathtaking: Larger than Landscape by Michael Howard. His essay describes the sublime beauty of the coastal Kimberley region that is going to be, I quote, “plundered” in the near future. Apart from the exploitation of natural resources, the gas terminal will disrupt a traditional Aboriginal ‘song line’ (or dreaming track). I am thankful for this paper that, once again, puts our discussion on sustainable energy transition into context; from a landscape architecture perspective!

Get the full article here.

Figure: Richard Hunter from the Goolarabooloo tribe (photo credits: Michael Howard)

Figure: A Liquid Natural Gas hub is planned 52 kilometres north of the city of Broome, Australia (photo credits: Michael Howard)

Figure: The LNG gas hub threatens an unaffected remote landscape with its impressive coast along which substantial numbers of Humpback whales breed and live (photo credits: Michael Howard)