Comparative ocean governance : place-based protections in an era of climate change / Robin Kundis Craig.
Comparative Ocean Governance examines the world's attempts to improve ocean governance through place-based management - marine protected areas, ocean zoning, marine spatial planning - and evaluates this growing trend in light of the advent of climate change and its impacts on the seas. This mon...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham :
Edward Elgar Pub.,
[2012]
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| Series: | New horizons in environmental and energy law.
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| Summary: | Comparative Ocean Governance examines the world's attempts to improve ocean governance through place-based management - marine protected areas, ocean zoning, marine spatial planning - and evaluates this growing trend in light of the advent of climate change and its impacts on the seas. This monograph opens with an explanation of the economics of the oceans and their value to the global environment and the earth's population, the long-term stressors that have impacted oceans, and the new threats to ocean sustainability that climate change poses. It then examines the international framework for. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 181 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781781005200 1781005206 9781283522922 1283522926 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |