There was a nice ironic story in the news last week that related to environmental management and coastal ecosystems. I have been following this story since late 2008. It relates to the development of a golf resort in the Menie Dunes, funded by Donald Trump.
The development has faced objections (and support) which is taking place in a dramatic area of sand dunes south of Aberdeen: the MENIE DUNES. Trump visited in July 2011, to see the progress so far, and there was some coverage in the media at the time.
There are now plans for a wind farm off the Aberdeenshire coast, which Donald Trump was not pleased about:
"When I first became involved with our billion-pound development – golf course construction is weeks away from completion with a planned opening before 1 July 2012 – I was repeatedly promised, as an incentive for us to go forward and proceed with this project, that wind turbines would not be destroying and distorting the magnificent coastline.
"You've been Trumped" is a movie by Anthony Baxter which explores the history of the development, which will of course be affecting the magnificent coastline...
Thanks to Svenja Timmins @SvenjaT for some information related to this post - it's an area that I shall be keeping an eye on as there have been a few 'golf and geography' related posts on the blog....
A Leopard magazine article from 2007 gives further arguments for and against...
Not quite finished with this post, but am having a bit of a clear-out of 'draft' posts, and this story will be continuing for quite a while yet anyway...
Let me know if there's a further resource that I've missed out relating to the proposals...
The development has faced objections (and support) which is taking place in a dramatic area of sand dunes south of Aberdeen: the MENIE DUNES. Trump visited in July 2011, to see the progress so far, and there was some coverage in the media at the time.
There are now plans for a wind farm off the Aberdeenshire coast, which Donald Trump was not pleased about:
"When I first became involved with our billion-pound development – golf course construction is weeks away from completion with a planned opening before 1 July 2012 – I was repeatedly promised, as an incentive for us to go forward and proceed with this project, that wind turbines would not be destroying and distorting the magnificent coastline.
"You've been Trumped" is a movie by Anthony Baxter which explores the history of the development, which will of course be affecting the magnificent coastline...
Thanks to Svenja Timmins @SvenjaT for some information related to this post - it's an area that I shall be keeping an eye on as there have been a few 'golf and geography' related posts on the blog....
A Leopard magazine article from 2007 gives further arguments for and against...
Not quite finished with this post, but am having a bit of a clear-out of 'draft' posts, and this story will be continuing for quite a while yet anyway...
Let me know if there's a further resource that I've missed out relating to the proposals...
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