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Integrated management of coastal zones

Year of publication 1994

Pages 167

Author John R. Clark;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9251032750

Series title FAO Fisheries Technical Paper

Series number 0429-9345 - T327

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This report identifies governmental actions that can lead to effective management of coastal resources and strenghtening the national capacity for effective coastal resources management through Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). This is a system for controlling development and other human activities that effect the condition of economic resources and the quality of environment in coastal zones. The overall objective of ICZM is to provide for sustainable use of coastal nat ural resources and for maintenance of biodiversity. Environmentally planned development is reputed to add to economic and social prosperity of a coastal community in the long term. The orientation of the report is toward developing countries, particularly those of the coastal tropics. Fisheries productivity,increased tourism revenus,sustained mangrove forestry, and security from natrual hazard devastation are among the practical benefits of ICZM. ICZM incorporates modern prin ciples of planning and resources management, intensive information bases an interdisciplinary processes. A major objective is to facilitate the interactions of different coastal economic sectors (e.g.,shipping, agriculturte,fisheries) toward potimal socio-econopmic outcomes,including resolution of conflicts between sectors. ICZM may be initiated in response to a planning mandate but more often because of a crisis - a use conflict, a severe decline in a resource, or a devasting ex perience with natural hazards.

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Clark,J.R.Integrated management of coastal zones.FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 327. Rome, FAO. 1992. 167p.

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