Impacts of Climate Change Interventions on Biodiversity, Water, the Food System and Human Health and Well‐Being [PDF]
Climate change threatens biodiversity, water, food, and human health and well‐being. Rapid, sustained mitigation and adaptation actions can benefit all these elements of the nexus. Of the 69 response options assessed in this study, 59% have entirely positive effects, or at least no negative effects, across all nexus elements and can be considered as ...
Pete Smith +24 more
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An evaluation of the implementation of the European ICZM principles
The European principles of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) are often viewed as central, defining features of the EC approach to ICZM, enshrined within the EC Recommendation (2002/413/EC) and endorsed by the European Commission in its Communication on ICZM (COM(2007) 308 final).
R. Ballinger +3 more
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The coastal sustainability standard: A management systems approach to ICZM
This paper presents a systems-based appraisal methodology that has been designed specifically to consider the effectiveness of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) initiatives. Since ICZM is defined in terms of achieving sustainable development, any such initiative must therefore be capable of meeting the multiple and often conflicting objectives ...
Gallagher, Anthony
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A GIS-based method for revealing the transversal continuum of natural landscapes in the coastal zone [PDF]
The method presented in this article is helpful for analyzing the landscape properties and unfolding the transversal continuity of natural landscapes in the coastal zone. The novel conceptual approach to analyze the landscape structure in the transversal
Artan Hysa, Fatma Aycim Turer Baskaya
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SWOT analysis of the integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in Marchica Lagoon Ecosystem, Morocco [PDF]
This study consists to conduct an environmental SWOT analysis to assess Marchica lagoon and its watershed within the framework of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM).
Oujidi Bouchra +13 more
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Assessing Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Status in Aqaba: A Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) Approach [PDF]
Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) has evolved as a response to the accelerating pressure from the expansion of various coastal activities on coastal zones worldwide.
Al-Hayek, Wissam
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Interactive Problem Structuring with ICZM Stakeholders [PDF]
Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) is struggling with a lack of science-management integration. Many computer systems, usually known as "decision support systems", have been developed with the intention to make scientific knowledge about complex systems more accessible for coastal managers.
Frank van Kouwen +3 more
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Planning and licensing for marine aquaculture
Abstract Marine aquaculture has the potential to increase its contribution to the global food system and provide valuable ecosystem services, but appropriate planning, licensing and regulation systems must be in place to enable sustainable development.
Lynne Falconer +14 more
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Enabling Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Systems: A Systematic Literature Review
Abstract Climate change poses increasingly severe risks for coastal ecosystems and coastal communities all around the globe. This condition requires implementing climate adaptation policy and advancing scientific knowledge to adapt to the current and future climate risks.
David Cabana +3 more
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Abstract In some food production systems, sustainability and acceptability are considered umbrella concepts that can be assessed through a combination of criteria and indicators. After a remarkable and somewhat chaotic development in the early 1990s, European aquaculture has been evolving in both scientific and policy domains to improve, and to prove ...
Marianna Cavallo +4 more
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