Sustainable Ocean Governance

A Geographical Perspective
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-18916-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Maritime Research

This topical book examines ocean governance and calls for close co-operation between science and policy. Adalberto Vallega uniquely considers the ocean as a spatial complex system which must be represented as a whole and argues that scientific approaches must change to achieve progress and co-operation between science and policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vallega, Adalberto

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements 1 Science and policy facing the ocean 2 The ocean ecosystem: the abiotic component 3 The ocean ecosystem as the focus of governance 4 Legal and jurisdictional frameworks 5 The role of ocean resources 6 Coastal management: the evolving approach 7 Sustainable development in coastal areas 8 Integrated coastal management programmes 9 The regional scale of ocean management 10 The ocean from a global perspective 11 Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Adalberto Vallega is Professor of Urban and Regional Geography, and Coastal Management at the University of Genoa and Vice-president of the International Geographical Union.