| The demarcation of arbitrary boundaries for coastal zone management: the Israeli case. | |
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PMID: 20656402 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) addresses the interconnections, complexities, and conflicts between many users of the coastal area with different goals. It requires setting managerial boundaries that capture many elements of human and natural systems. Experience teaches us that without a directed effort managerial rules and laws are not likely to coincide with the physical sensitivity of units that reflect different environmental characteristics of the coastal zone. Hence the aim of this study is to explore why coastal managerial boundaries are set arbitrarily and whether and how it is possible to address the problems this poses. We examine what influences the decisions of a new coastal management authority in Israel to determine how this body overcomes the limits of arbitrary boundary demarcation. The study found that real life management succeeded to both address areas outside the arbitrary boundaries and also to respect some of the different socio-economic needs and physical constraints of the coastal sub-units. Israel's Coastal Environment Protection Law allows and, in fact, encourages the regulator to use discretion and to employ various criteria to balance development and conservation. This implies that policy makers are cognizant of a need to balance ecologically-sensitive boundaries that consider the homogeneity of the coast with politically feasible boundaries that are set arbitrarily. |
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Authors:
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Eliraz Sas; Itay Fischhendler; Michelle E Portman |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-07-24 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of environmental management Volume: 91 ISSN: 1095-8630 ISO Abbreviation: J. Environ. Manage. Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
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Created Date: 2010-08-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0401664 Medline TA: J Environ Manage Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 2358-69 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Urban and Regional Planning, POB 67, Har Adar 90836, Israel. saselrz@netvision.net.il |
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