‘The Coastal Zone offers many

Due to the coast offering an abundance of resources to humans and thus several different users, compete for the same section of coast, which leads to conflict between various Residential Conflicts such as people feuding over who is the rightful owner of the land and how it should be used. Corporate Conflicts may also eventuate from the coast offering many resources, like developers and City Councils/near-by shops and even residents oh how the land …

…a good example of how the Residents of a small country town can form a group and rally against the big multi-national companies, to save their last bit of paradise. A more recent conflict involves the Hinchinbrook Channel, which is part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. It was between a developer named Keith Williams who proposes to dredge the channel and build a 1500 bed resort and a 250-berth marina at Oyster Point.