Towards sustainable coastal development : institutionalizing integrated coastal zone management and coastal climate change adaptation in South Asia / Tony George Puthucherril.

Utilizing the coastal problems of South Asia, including sea level rise, Towards Sustainable Coastal Development: Institutionalizing Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Coastal Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia investigates the role of law and regional regimes in facilitating linkages betwee...

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Main Author: Puthucherril, Tony George (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden, Netherlands : Brill Nijhoff, 2015.
Series:Legal aspects of sustainable development ; Volume 20.
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Table of Contents:
  • Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Nature and Scope; Part 1 The Problématique in Context; Chapter 2 Threatened Coasts, Communities and Ecosystems: The Need for Integrated Coastal Zone Management; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Rising Seas; 2.3 Receding Coastlines: Impact on Coastal Areas and Maritime Territories; 2.4 Impact of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise on Coastal Communities; 2.5 Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Resources and Ecosystems; 2.6 Conclusion.
  • Chapter 3 Coastal Laws, Integrated Coastal Zone Management, and Coastal Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Sea Level Rise, Integrated Coastal Zone Management, and Coastal Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia; 3.3 A Coastal Law Audit of South Asia: An Overview; 3.4 Conclusion; Part 2 Linking Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Coastal Climate Change Adaptation for Sustainable Coastal Development; Chapter 4 Understanding Sustainable Coastal Development; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Dialectic of Sustainable Development; 4.3 Sustainable Coastal Development.
  • 4.4 ConclusionChapter 5 Linking Coastal Climate Change Adaptation to an Integrated Coastal Zone Management Process for Sustainable Coastal Development; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Defining ICZM; 5.3 Decoding ICZM: The Devil is in the Details; 5.4 ICZM: A Balancing Act; 5.5 Climate Change Adaptation for Coastal and Marine Environments; 5.6 Linking Coastal Climate Change Adaptation to ICZM: Two Sides of the Same Coin?; 5.7 Conclusion; Part 3 The Legal Framework for Sustainable Coastal Development; Chapter 6 Coastal Law, ICZM and Adapting to Sea Level Rise; 6.1 Introduction.
  • 6.2 International Environmental Law and Integrated Coastal Zone Management6.3 Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Adapting to Sea Level Rise through Coastal Law: Selected National Experiences; 6.4 Conclusion; Chapter 7 Law in the Service of ICZM and Coastal Climate Change Adaptation; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Law for Coastal Zone Management: Theoretical Considerations; 7.3 The Need for an ICZM Legal Framework: SWOT Analysis; 7.4 ICZM Law Through Recent Decades: Where from Here?; 7.5 Conclusion; Part 4 New Directions for Coastal Management Regional Regime-Building in South Asia.
  • Chapter 8 A Regional Regime for ICZM and Coastal Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Coastal Management in South Asia: Regional and Sub-Regional Arrangements; 8.3 Approaches to Legislating ICZM: Lessons from Other Regions; 8.4 Regime Theory and Prospects for Regional ICZM Regime Building in South Asia; 8.5 Building a South Asia Regional ICZM Regime: A SWOT Analysis; 8.6 Conclusion; Chapter 9 A Principled Approach to Sustainable Coastal Development in South Asia; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Form and Substance: Elements of a Regional ICZM Regime.