Coastal Seas: The Conservation Challenge

✍ Scribed by John R. Clark

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 146
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This succinct, technical reference of coastal-zone resource management is aimed both at students taking courses in coastal management or marine conservation and practitioners in these fields. In response to a worldwide demand, Coastal Seas deals mostly with methodology and provides practitioners, scholars and students with the ideas, tools, materials and strategies needed to manage coastal resources and shoreline development. Although tropical developing nations have the greatest need for this book, the principles are universal and will be of interest and relevance to all. Provides a direction for conservation of coastal resources and marine biodiversity into the 21st century. Suggests solutions to major conservation problems including pollution, storm damage and beach erosion, depletion of sea fisheries, excessive shoreline development, and destruction of essential habitats such as coral reefs and mangrove forests. Gives practical advice to students and practitioners alike on coastal conservation methodology. Presents the outcome of nineteen international coastal zone conservation case studies. Discusses resource vulnerabilities, design of coastal conservation programs, methods and tools for conservation, and sources of professional training.

✦ Table of Contents

COASTAL SEAS: The Conservation Challenge......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
1: Viewpoint......Page 13
2.1 Mangrove wetlands......Page 17
2.2 Fringing intertidal systems......Page 18
2.5 Coral reef systems......Page 19
2.6 Beach systems......Page 21
2.7 Lagoon and estuary systems......Page 22
2.8 Seafood resources......Page 23
3.1 Origin of impacts......Page 24
3.3 Urbanization......Page 25
3.4 Waste disposal......Page 26
3.5 Agriculture......Page 27
3.8 Aquaculture......Page 28
3.10 Ports and shipping......Page 29
3.11 Mining......Page 30
3.13 Shore protection......Page 31
3.14 Tourism......Page 32
3.16 Electric power plants......Page 33
3.17 Nature's impacts......Page 34
4.1 Purposes......Page 36
4.2 Focal points......Page 37
4.3 Program scope......Page 38
4.4 Program organization......Page 39
4.5 Strategy planning......Page 41
4.6 Institutional mechanisms......Page 49
4.7 Strategy plan tactics......Page 52
5.2 Master Plan......Page 62
5.4 Service function......Page 64
5.6 Constraints and complexities......Page 65
5.7 Success factors......Page 67
6.1 Project review......Page 69
6.2 Rapid Rural Assessment......Page 72
6.4 Water quality control......Page 73
6.5 Land use control and zoning......Page 74
6.6 Setbacks......Page 75
6.7 Special Habitats......Page 76
6.8 Restoration......Page 78
6.9 Survey......Page 79
6.10 Information techniques......Page 80
6.11 Conflict resolution......Page 82
7.2 Coordination......Page 84
7.3 Education and outreach......Page 87
7.4 Collaborative management......Page 88
7.5 International......Page 89
8.1 Anguilla: management ofthe beachfront......Page 91
8.2 Australia: management authority for the Great Barrier Reef......Page 93
8. 3 Australia, Port Phillip Bay: a failed attempt......Page 94
8.4 Barbados: incremental CZM......Page 95
8.5 Bonaire: carrying capacity limits......Page 97
8.6 Canada: offshore sewage outfall at Victoria, BC......Page 98
8.7 Ecuador: situation management......Page 99
8.8 Egypt, Sinai: planning for biodiversity protection......Page 100
8.9 Indonesia, Sulawesi: disposal of harbor silt......Page 102
8.10 Maldives: an informal approach to CZM......Page 104
8.11 Montserrat: controlling beach sand mining......Page 105
8.13 Philippines: success with community based management......Page 106
8.14 Solomon Islands: social chaos from tourism......Page 110
8.15 Sri Lanka: issue-based and incremental CZM......Page 111
8.16 Sri Lanka: Negombo Lagoon zoning......Page 113
8.17 Trinidad and Tobago: choosing the non-CZM option......Page 115
8.18 United States: a dollar-based program......Page 117
8.19 United States, Hawaii: the ocean outfall solution......Page 118
9.2 As steward......Page 121
9.4 As investigator......Page 123
9.6 As survey designer......Page 124
9.8 As environmental assessor......Page 125
9.11 As student......Page 126
References......Page 135
Glossary......Page 139
Unit Conversion Table......Page 142
Index......Page 143