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This topical book examines ocean governance and calls for close co-operation between science and policy. Adalberto Vallega uniquely considers the ocean as a spatial complex system which must be represented as a whole and argues that scientific approaches must change to achieve progress and co-operat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vallega, Adalberto
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Colección:Ocean management and policy series.
Temas:
Marine resources conservation.
Marine resources development.
Marine resources > Economic aspects.
Conservation des ressources marines.
Ressources marines > Exploitation.
Ressources marines > Aspect économique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Marine resources conservation
Marine resources development
Marine resources > Economic aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Science and policy facing the ocean
  • A profound watershed in the role of the ocean
  • Modern society and the challenge of the ocean
  • The post-modern scientific approach
  • Science for post-modern visions
  • The ocean and Agenda 21
  • The ocean ecosystem: the abiotic component
  • Global change and the ocean ecosystem
  • Impacts from plate tectonics
  • Role of continental margins
  • Ocean governance in relation to plates and margins
  • Impacts from the water column
  • Atmosphere--ocean interaction: waves
  • Atmosphere--ocean interaction: wind-driven ocean circulation
  • A special issue: El Nino
  • Conclusion: the hydrological cycle
  • The ocean ecosystem as the focus of governance
  • The ocean ecosystem
  • Focus on biocenosis
  • The ecosystem's properties
  • Classifying ecosystems
  • Geographical scales of ocean ecosystems
  • Legal frameworks and management patterns
  • Zoning the ocean ecosystem
  • Legal and jurisdictional frameworks
  • A leading chain of impacts
  • Legal background
  • Setting of the legal framework
  • Geographical coverage: an overview
  • Maritime jurisdictional context
  • The ocean under international regime
  • Zoning the ocean: the legal inputs
  • Coastal area and deep-ocean: defining the boundaries
  • Governance patterns: the coastal area
  • Governance patterns: the deep-ocean
  • Governance patterns: the regional seas
  • The role of ocean resources
  • A resource reservoir
  • Development of ocean uses
  • Science in relation to ocean exploitation
  • Key ocean uses
  • A geographical view.

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