Improving interactions between coastal science and policy : proceedings of the Gulf of Maine Symposium, Kennebunkport, Maine, November 1-3, 1994.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Science and Policy for the Coastal Ocean.

Conference Name:

Gulf of Maine Symposium (1994 : Kennebunkport, Me.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coastal zone management--Maine--Congresses.

Coastal zone management.

Coastal zone management--Law and legislation--Maine--Congresses.

Coasts--Research--Maine--Congresses.

Coasts.

Maine, Gulf of--Congresses.

Maine, Gulf of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 259 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Improving Interactions Between Coastal Science and Policy""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""Cumulative Impacts of Land and Water Activities""; ""Protecting Regionally Significant Terrestrial and Marine Habitats""; ""Using Indicators of Environmental Quality""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Rationale for Examining Science-Policy Interactions""; ""Purposes of the Gulf of Maine Symposium""; ""Conduct of the Symposium""; ""References""; ""STAGE-SETTING PAPERS""; ""COASTAL ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT: CHALLENGES FOR SCIENCE""; ""Introduction""; ""Bridging the Gap""

""The Challenges of Ecosystem Management"" ""Reinventing Government through Ecosystem Management""; ""Five Coastal Marine Ecosystems""; ""Restore and Maintain""; ""Ecosystem Health""; ""Sustainability""; ""Native Biological Diversity""; ""Ecological Units and Time Frames""; ""The Best Science""; ""Monitoring and Evaluation""; ""Adaptive Management""; ""Literature Cited""; ""SOCIAL SCIENCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO MANAGING ECOSYSTEMS""; ""Introduction""; ""The Cultural Ecology of Coastal and Marine Environmental Policy and Management""; ""What is Social Science?""

""The Uses of Social Science in Coastal and Marine Environmental Policy and Management"" ""Policy Development""; ""Policy Implementation""; ""Existing Mechanisms for Social Scientific Input""; ""Impediments to the Use of Social Scientists and Social Scientific Data in the Coastal and Marine Environmental Policy Process""; ""Is Social Science Science?""; ""Support and Resources for Coastal Social Science""; ""Translating Social Science into Policy""; ""Conclusion""; ""ON THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL COASTAL OCEAN MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS""; ""Introduction""

""Science and Its Place in the Policy Process"" ""Policy Initiation""; ""Policy Formulation""; ""Policy Implementation""; ""Policy Evaluation""; ""Policy Modification/Termination""; ""Program Implementation as an Experimental Process""; ""The Nature of the Implementation Process""; ""Implementation as an Experiment""; ""Need for a Technically Sound Evaluation Process""; ""The Use of Science in National Coastal/Ocean Programs""; ""The Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) of 1972""; ""The Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act""; ""Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments (OCSLAA)""

""Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972"" ""National Estuary Program""; ""Conclusions and Suggestions""; ""Topics Deserving Additional Research Emphasis""; ""Suggestions Regarding the Integration of Science and Policy in Coastal Ecosystem Management""; ""References""; ""Managing the Cumulative Impacts of Land and Water Activities in the Gulf of Maine Region's Estuaries and Near-Coastal""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MANAGING CUMULATIVE IMPACTS: A KEY TO SUSTAINABILITY?""; ""Introduction""; ""Assessment Frameworks""; ""Techniques for Assessing Cumulative Impacts""; ""Improving Cumulative Impact Assessment and Management""

Notes:

"Committee on Science and Policy for the Coastal Ocean, Ocean Studies Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

58567395