Coastal resources management: beyond bureaucracy and the market

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:5340227

Ditton, R B; Seymour, J L; Swanson, G C

The book covers the nature and uses of coastal resources and the allocation or management of those resources--and these must be systematically interrelated if the management of coastal resources is to be properly understood and executed. Chapter 1 aims at defining clearly the relevant conceptual materials from law, economics, political science, and administration as they fit the problem of managing the coastal arena. Also stressed is the nature of the coastal-resource arena as it actually exists. This real-world element is provided in chapters 2 and 3 on use conflicts. Protection and development problems of coastal resources are surveyed. These problems are then actively connected to potential solution mechanisms articulated in chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, where approaches from the social sciences are analyzed as to their relevance and value in solving the coastal conflicts discussed earlier. In addition, chapter 9 seeks to provide an integrated view of the management task in the form of a case study of an actual management agency. Last, this volume seeks to develop a critical perspective against which coastal management as a total activity--concept, theory, and practice--may be evaluated. Goals of environmental-resource management are explored and alternative management approaches to those goals are compared. The underlying assumption throughout the book is that the final solution to the problem of managing coastal resources lies in people's heads.

• OSTI ID: 5340227
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COASTAL REGIONS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
ECOLOGY
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EVALUATION
LAND USE
LEGAL ASPECTS
MANAGEMENT
REGULATIONS
RESOURCES
SECURITY
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