Summary of Julian Hoffman's Irreplaceable

By IRB Media

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Book Preview: #1 The Hoo Peninsula is a rich weave of water and earth at the edge of the Thames Estuary. It’s bordered by two rivers, the Thames to the north and the Medway to the south, and has been preserved from the sweeping tides by a sea wall.

#2 The Hoo is a unique place that is defined by its watery, peninsular landscape. It has long been defined by its wild and shifting edges.

#3 The Thames Estuary has been designated as a Wetlands of International Importance, and its marshes have been protected by the Ramsar Convention. However, these protections mean little if nobody is willing to honor them.

#4 The language used to describe protected areas is often lacking in vision and enthusiasm, and the lack of a suitable language contributes to the invisibility of certain landscapes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 11, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669358664

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Hoo Peninsula is a rich weave of water and earth at the edge of the Thames Estuary. It’s bordered by two rivers, the Thames to the north and the Medway to the south, and has been preserved from the sweeping tides by a sea wall.

#2

The Hoo is a unique place that is defined by its watery, peninsular landscape. It has long been defined by its wild and shifting edges.

#3

The Thames Estuary has been designated as a Wetlands of International Importance, and its marshes have been protected by the Ramsar Convention. However, these protections mean little if nobody is willing to honor them.

#4

The language used to describe protected areas is often lacking in vision and enthusiasm, and the lack of a suitable language contributes to the invisibility of certain landscapes.

#5

The North Kent Marshes are a magical place that no one knows about. We should be celebrating it, and putting it in the hearts and minds of people.

#6

The Cliffe Airport plan was quashed in 2003, but the three parish councillors were right about other threats looming over their landscape. The idea of an estuary airport hadn’t gone away. In 2008, the possibility of one was revived when Boris Johnson, London’s mayor at the time, called for a feasibility study.

#7

The airport proposal has affected the lives of the Gill family, who have been tireless in raising awareness about it. They’ve regularly traveled alongside local politicians to governmental summits and public consultations, and they’ve persistently canvassed local opinion.

#8

The proposed new airport would be located on the Hoo Peninsula, near London. The peninsula is far from pristine; it has a history of human use that stretches back hundreds of years. The airport would destroy the marshland, which would be replaced by operational buildings and aircraft hangars.

#9

The marshes of north Kent stretch unbroken from Gravesend to the village of Grain on the far side of the Hoo Peninsula. The land swings north with the river, and the coastal curve marks the true beginning of the Hoo Peninsula.

#10

The avocet is a beautiful bird that was driven to extinction in Britain in the nineteenth century. It was adopted as the emblem of the RSPB in 1955, and today, it is represented by the number of pairs of avocets that breed in the UK.

#11

The marsh country is a landscape that has been largely forgotten, and it is there that the orphan Pip encounters Magwitch, who has escaped from one of the prison hulks that were anchored where the marshes join the Thames at Egypt Bay.

#12

The estuary is a beautiful place, and it is shaped by