Integrated Coastal Zone Management - Status, Challenges and Prospects

An overview of the coordination of various requirements for coastal-zone use is provided in this book, 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.

List of 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.

About the author

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

Summary

An overview of the coordination of various requirements for coastal-zone use is provided in this book, 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.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Ahlhorn
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9783658170509
• ISBN: 978-3-658-17050-9
• No. of pages: 197
• Dimensions: 169 mm x 239 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 412 g
• Illustrations: XVIII, 197 p. 89 illus., 50 illus. in color.
• Series: Wasser: Ökologie und Bewirtschaftung; Wasser: Ökologie und Bewirtschaftung
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Küste, B, Küstenschutz, Bauingenieur-, Vermessungs- und Bauwesen, Hydrologie und die Hydrosphäre, Water, engineering, Water Policy, Civil Engineering, Pollution, Environmental Management, Energy industries & utilities, Water pollution, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Environmental management,, Civil engineering, surveying & building, water quality and water pollution, storm protection, coastal zone management guidelines, Ästuar, climate change coastal zones, coastal zone management act, Ahlhorn, developement of coastal zones, integrated coastal zone management european union, Nachhaltiges Küstenzonenmanagement