Sustainable ocean governance : a geographical perspective / Adalberto Vallega.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vallega, Adalberto.

Series:

Ocean management and policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine resources conservation.

Marine resources development.

Marine resources--Economic aspects.

Marine resources.

Physical Description:

xxii, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Contents:

1 Science and policy facing the ocean 1

1.1 A profound watershed in the role of the ocean 1

1.2 Modern society and the challenge of the ocean 3

1.3 The post-modern scientific approach 9

1.4 Science for post-modern visions 14

1.5 The ocean and Agenda 21 17

2 The ocean ecosystem: the abiotic component 21

2.1 Global change and the ocean ecosystem 21

2.2 Impacts from plate tectonics 23

2.3 Role of continental margins 26

2.4 Ocean governance in relation to plates and margins 28

2.5 Impacts from the water column 30

2.6 Atmosphere

ocean interaction: waves 32

2.7 Atmosphere

ocean interaction: wind-driven ocean circulation 34

2.8 A special issue: El Nino 37

2.9 Conclusion: the hydrological cycle 37

3 The ocean ecosystem as the focus of governance 40

3.1 The ocean ecosystem 41

3.3 Focus on biocenosis 42

3.4 The ecosystem's properties 44

3.5 Classifying ecosystems 48

3.6 Geographical scales of ocean ecosystems 49

3.7 Legal frameworks and management patterns 52

3.8 Zoning the ocean ecosystem 56

4 Legal and jurisdictional frameworks 59

4.1 A leading chain of impacts 60

4.2 Legal background 60

4.3 Setting of the legal framework 64

4.4 Geographical coverage: an overview 66

4.5 Maritime jurisdictional context 67

4.6 The ocean under international regime 73

4.7 Zoning the ocean: the legal inputs 76

4.8 Coastal area and deep-ocean: defining the boundaries 76

4.9 Governance patterns: the coastal area 78

4.10 Governance patterns: the deep-ocean 79

4.11 Governance patterns: the regional seas 81

5 The role of ocean resources 82

5.1 A resource reservoir 82

5.2 Development of ocean uses 83

5.3 Science in relation to ocean exploitation 88

5.4 Key ocean uses 91

5.5 A geographical view 111

6 Coastal management: the evolving approach 115

6.1 The coastal world 115

6.2 The United States and United Nations: a leading duo 118

6.3 Post-modern society and coastal management 121

6.4 Sustainable development and integrated management 125

6.5 Integration and holism 130

6.6 The coastal area and the coastal zone 132

7 Sustainable development in coastal areas 136

7.1 The coastal system 136

7.2 Geographical coverage of coastal management 138

7.3 Coastal uses and coastal organisation 145

7.4 Changing organisational patterns 148

7.5 Development and stress 156

7.6 Conflicts and stress 158

7.7 Complication and complexity: stress and rationale 162

8 Integrated coastal management programmes 164

8.1 Key geographical conditions 164

8.2 Spatial diffusion of management programmes 167

8.3 Design of coastal management 168

8.4 Nature of programmes 172

8.5 Motivations and crucial issues 174

8.6 Integrated management as a social experience 180

8.7 Integrated management and ocean governance 187

9 The regional scale of ocean management 190

9.1 Moving towards the regional scale 191

9.2 Ocean areas as tools for assessment 193

9.3 Ocean areas as tools for management 194

9.4 Design of ocean regions 195

9.5 Role of regional seas 198

9.6 Legal point of view 205

9.7 Implementation directions 206

10 The ocean from a global perspective 211

10.1 A key complex reality 212

10.2 The role of ocean resources 213

10.3 The imperfect spaces of ocean governance 217

10.4 The ocean in the context of global change 225

10.5 Key ocean resources 228

10.6 Integration, the challenge 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-265) and index.

ISBN:

0415189160

OCLC:

43641360