An introduction to integrated coastal zone management

Ballinger, Rhoda C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2402-1813 2017. An introduction to integrated coastal zone management. Green, David R. and Payne, Jeffrey L., eds. Marine and Coastal Resource Management: Principles and Practice, Earthscan Oceans, London: Routledge, pp. 7-26. (10.4324/9780203127087-2)

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Abstract

For millennia, coasts have provided locational advantages for human settlement. As a focus for trade and with ready access to rich coastal resources, the attraction of these areas has resulted in the ‘littoralisation’ of human society. However, the very attractiveness of the coast has been the agent of its decline. The extensive depletion and degradation of highly productive ecosystems, including mangroves and coral reefs, over the last century is well documented (Agardy et al., 2005; Kay and Alder, 2005). This has resulted in marked reduction of many of the benefits provided by coasts, including their natural defence capacity. Half of the world’s wetlands disappeared over the previous century due to human interference (Creel, 2005). Pollution impacts and overexploitation of coastal resources, particularly fisheries, also pose pressures on coastal systems and threaten the well-being of coastal populations.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Additional Information:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Marine and Coastal Resource Management: Principles and Practice on 20 September 2017, available online: https://www.routledge.com/Marine-and-Coastal-Resource-Management-Principles-and-Practice/Green-Payne/p/book/9781849712903
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9780203127087
Funders:	NA
Date of Acceptance:	20 July 2017
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2024 09:01
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/105055

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