CHAPTER 5 COASTAL AREA PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

摘要

Coastal regions will always be focal points for societal use, inter alia commerce, tourism, recreation, housing and fishing. Integrated coastal zone management balances ecosystem preservation and restoration against the short- and long-term needs of society. Such balancing of disparate and seemingly conflicting requirements necessitates establishing priorities to which participating stakeholders can ascribe. Strong leadership that is sensitive to integrative management will be required to "champion" the long-term effectiveness of forests and trees over the more expedient effectiveness of short-term "fixes" such as hard solutions. Integrative multisectoral planning has the merit of institutionalizing societal needs with the needs of healthy ecosystems. Unfortunately, the needs of society are multifaceted, with differing values held by differing constituencies. The value of forests and other vegetation buffers has been clearly demonstrated by recent disasters.