Coastal Governance
Coastal Governance provides a clear overview of how U.S. coasts are currently managed and explores new approaches that could make our shores healthier. Drawing on recent national assessments, Professor Richard Burroughs explains why traditional management techniques have ultimately proved inadequate, leading to polluted waters, declining fisheries, and damaged habitat. He then introduces students to governance frameworks that seek to address these shortcomings by considering natural and...
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Coastal Governance provides a clear overview of how U.S. coasts are currently managed and explores new approaches that could make our shores healthier. Drawing on recent national assessments, Professor Richard Burroughs explains why traditional management techniques have ultimately proved inadequate, leading to polluted waters, declining fisheries, and damaged habitat. He then introduces students to governance frameworks that seek to address these shortcomings by considering natural and human systems holistically. The book familiarizes students not only with current management techniques but with the policy process. By focusing on policy development, Coastal Governance prepares readers with the knowledge to participate eff ectively in a governance system that is constantly evolving. This understanding will be critical as students become managers, policymakers, and citizens who shape the future of the coasts.
Preface xiii\ Chapter 1 Coastal Challenges 1\ State of the coasts 2\ Drivers for environmental change 2\ The ocean commissions 7\ Management goals and processes 9\ Organization of the book 11\ Chapter 2 Policy Process 13\ Problems 15\ Solutions 16\ Selection 18\ Implementation 24\ Evaluation 25\ Summary 28\ Chapter 3 Wastewater 30\ Sewage and disease: A problem 30\ Sewage treatment: A solution 31\ Making treatment a requirement: Selection and implementation 37\ Did sewage treatment work? Evaluation 39\ Unfinished business 40\ Sector-based management 41\ Summary 42\ Chapter 4 Oil 43\ Oil resources: Origins and importance 43\ Oil drilling technology 45\ Environmental and social impacts of offshore oil 50\ Law 56\ The seaweed rebellion 61\ Summary 64\ Chapter 5 Dredging 66\ The growth of shipping 66\ Dredging processes 68\ Environmental impacts 70\ Law of dredging and disposal 71\ Regulating the disposal of contaminated sediments 78\ Gridlock 79\ Enduring change? 82\ Summary 84\ Chapter 6 Wetlands 87\ The nature of coastal wetlands 87\ The value of coastal wetlands 89\ Uses and consequences 92\ "No net loss"-a goal 95\ One wetland resource-multiple agencies 96\ Management practices 98\ The coastal wetland program assessed 100\ Summary 102\ Chapter 7 Managing Coastal and Ocean Spaces 104\ Uses of coastal lands and waters 105\ Conflicts 107\ The Coastal Zone Management Act 108\ Other space-based coastal management programs 115\ Spatial management techniques 116\ Evaluation of state programs 119\ Spatial planning and management of ocean waters 121\ Summary 122\ Chapter 8 Ecosystem Governance 124\ Nitrogen links among land/sea and society/nature 125\ Ecosystem-based management in concept 129\ Degree of change 131\ Policy elements 132\ Incremental change: Marine sanctuaries 135\ Fundamental change: Ecosystem services 138\ Summary 142\ Chapter 9 Watersheds and Bays 143\ Evolution of river basin management 143\ River/watershed management: An agency profile 148\ Managing the landscape to preserve/restore bays 150\ Watershed management for the Chesapeake Bay 152\ Ecosystem management for watersheds and bays 157\ Summary 161\ Chapter 10 Fisheries 163\ Expansion of U.S. fisheries 163\ Biological limits to the fishery 165\ Fisheries management 168\ The councils 172\ Fisheries management as ecosystem governance 173\ Incremental change 177\ Fundamental change 180\ Who decides? 181\ Summary 183\ Chapter 11 Conclusion 185\ Ends and means 186\ Sector-based management 187\ Spatial management 188\ Ecosystem-based management 189\ Change 192\ Questions for Discussion 193\ References 199\ Further Reading 215\ Glossary 219\ Index 233
