Integrated Coastal Zone Management Status, Challenges and Prospects

About this book

This book provides an overview of the coordination of various requirements for coastal-zone use, offering examples and best practice. Although it focuses on European coastal zones, it also considers global and historical developments. Questions at the end of each chapter enable readers to test their understanding.

Contents

- Preface.-Introduction
- Historical Annotations
- ICZM developement worldwide
- European developments
- ICZM in selected member States of the EU
- Exercise questions
- Status and Basics of ICZM
- Principles of ICZM
- Reflection of the principles
- Exercise questions
- Challenges - Sectoral versus Integral
- Sectoral Descriptions
- Methodology and Integration
- Approaches of Integrated Management
- Prospects - Looking ahead
- Summary
- References
- Glossary
- Appendices

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Biography

Dr. Frank Ahlhorn completed doctoral degree at the University of Kiel and is head of Kuste und Raum – Ahlhorn & Meyerdirks GbR, a company involved in various aspects of coastal zone management.