The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas Science meets Policy

The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas Science meets Policy / by Alex Caveen, Nick Polunin, Tim Gray, Selina Marguerite Stead.

This book is a critical analysis of the concept of marine protected areas (MPAs) particularly as a tool for marine resource management. It explains the reasons for the extraordinary rise of MPAs to the top of the political agenda for marine policy, and evaluates the scientific credentials for the un...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Caveen, Alex (Author), Polunin, Nick (Author), Gray, Tim (Author), Stead, Selina Marguerite (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Environmental management.
Environmental law.
Environmental policy.
Aquatic ecology .
Nature conservation.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter One: Introduction
  • Chapter Two: The Rise and Rise of the Marine Reserves ‘Bandwagon
  • Chapter Three: Bibliometric Test of the MR ‘Bandwagon’
  • Chapter Four: Bias in the Peer-Reviewed Literature, and Crossing the Science/Policy Divide
  • Chapter Five: Critique of the Scientific Evidence for Fisheries Benefits of MRs
  • Chapter Six: Case study of the ‘English Patient’
  • Chapter Seven: Conclusion.

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