Comparative ocean governance : place-based protections in an era of climate change / Robin Kundis Craig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Craig, Robin Kundis.

Series:

New horizons in environmental and energy law.

New horizons in environmental and energy law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law of the sea.

Ocean--Government policy.

Ocean.

Marine ecology--Government policy.

Marine ecology.

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes.

Maritime law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Comparative Ocean Governance examines the world's attempts to improve ocean governance through place-based management - marine protected areas, ocean zoning, marine spatial planning - and evaluates this growing trend in light of the advent of climate change and its impacts on the seas. This monograph opens with an explanation of the economics of the oceans and their value to the global environment and the earth's population, the long-term stressors that have impacted oceans, and the new threats to ocean sustainability that climate change poses. It then examines the international framework for

Contents:

pt. 1. The ocean and the threats to it

pt. 2. Ocean governance, international law, and place-based protections for marine ecosystems

pt. 3. Adapting place-based marine governance to climate change.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-52292-6

1-78100-520-6

OCLC:

794664068