Challenging coasts : transdisciplinary excursions into integrated coastal zone development / Leontine E. Visser, ed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Visser, Leontine E.

Series:

MARE publication series ; no.1.

MARE publication series ; no.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coastal zone management--Developing countries.

Coastal zone management.

Coastal ecology--Developing countries.

Coastal ecology.

Coasts--Developing countries.

Coasts.

Developing countries.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2004.

Summary:

Coastal zones are boundary areas, places where environments, cultures, and economic sectors encounter each other, conflict, and interchange. From a wide variety of disciplinary starting points, the contributions to this volume engage with boundary issues of key importance for the coastal zone. They are united in this effort by two guiding themes. First, they recognise that the problems of the coastal zone are together best seen as a development challenge rather than as a management challenge. Second, the challenge of the coasts requires a transdisciplinary response from the social and natural sciences. The contributions to Challenging Coasts address these themes through a diverse range of topics in a variety of coastal settings. Papers examine case studies in the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, West Africa, Europe, and Latin America. Subjects of focus include coastal zone development, biodiversity protection, marine park management, the threat of political-economic change to livelihoods, multiple-use conflicts, and the legal-institutional challenges of habitat protection. The volume as a whole is tied together in a first paper on boundaries and transdisciplinarity in coastal zone development. Challenging Coasts will be an important resource for students, researchers, teachers, and policy makers working on issues related to coasts and coastal zone development.

Contents:

2. Reflections on Transdisciplinarity, Integrated Coastal Development, and Governance / Leontine E. Visser 23

3. Biodiversity and the Natural Resource Management of Coral Reefs in Southeast Asia / Bert W. Hoeksema 49

4. A Concerted Approach towards Managing Living Resources in a Marine Protected Area / Jean Worms, Mathieu Ducrocq, Abdelkader Ould, Mohammed Saleck 73

5. 'Making Do': Integrating Ecological and Societal Considerations for Marine Conservation in a Situation of Indigenous Resource Tenure / Flip van Helden 93

6. Basic Principles Underlying Research Projects on the Links between the Ecology and the Uses of Coral Reef Fishes in the Pacific / Michel Kulbicki, Pierre Labrosse, Joceline Ferraris 119

7. The Marine Implementation of the EC Birds and Habitats Directives: the Cases of Shipping and Oil Exploration Compared / Daniel Owen 159

8. Stakeholder Conflicts and Solutions across Political Scales: the Ibiraquera Lagoon, Brazil / Cristiana S. Seixas, Fikret Berkes 181

9. 'The Rich Eat Fish and the Poor Eat Pork': The Decline of the Livelihoods of Handpickers of Aquatic Organisms in North Vietnam / Arie Pieter van Duijn 211.

Notes:

EDRA

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9053566821

OCLC:

56073322