Towards Coastal Resilience and Sustainability EPUB

Edited by C. Patrick Heidkamp, John Morrissey

Part of the The Dynamics of Economic Space series

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Coastal zones represent a frontline in the battle for sustainability, as coastal communities face unprecedented economic challenges.

Coastal ecosystems are subject to overuse, loss of resilience and increased vulnerability.

This book aims to interrogate the multi- scalar complexities in creating a more sustainable coastal zone.

Sustainability transitions are geographical processes, which happen in situated, particular places.

However, much contemporary discussion of transition is either aspatial or based on implicit assumptions about spatial homogeneity.

This book addresses these limitations through an examination of socio- technological transitions with an explicitly spatial focus in the context of the coastal zone. The book begins by focusing on theoretical understandings of transition processes specific to the coastal zone and includes detailed empirical case studies.

The second half of the book appraises governance initiatives in coastal zones and their efficacy.

The authors conclude with an implicit theme of social and environmental justice in coastal sustainability transitions. Research will be of interest to practitioners, academics and decision- makers active in the sphere of coastal sustainability.

The multi- disciplinary nature encourages accessibility for individuals working in the fields of Economic Geography, Regional Development, Public Policy and Planning, Environmental Studies, Social Geography and Sociology.