CHAPTER I
Concepts of ICZM & Coastal Vulnerability
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I. Chapter I: Concept of ICZM and Coastal vulnerability
I.1.
Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM)
The integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) is seen as the major tool for implementing
sustainable development in coastal areas (Hatziolos et al., 1998). It is a continuous and dynamic
process which is designed to overcome the fragmentation inherent in both the sectorial
management approach and the splits in jurisdiction among levels of government at the landwater interface (Cicin-Sain et amp; Knecht, 1998). This is achieved by establishing a system
where the decisions made by various sectors and levels of government are aligned and in line
with the coastal policies of the respective nation. The ICZM Protocol and its Article 22 state:
"The Parties develop policies for the prevention of natural hazards. To this end, they undertake
vulnerability and hazard assessments and implement preventive, mitigation, and adaptation
measures to address the effects of natural disasters and, in particular, climate change."
On one hand ICZM aims to preserve coastal resources, their ecological functioning and
ultimately their values, by properly applying land use planning in a social, institutional and
economic context (Skourtos et al., 2005). In the other hand, processes aiming at the sustainable
management of coastal zones by reconciling the preservation of fragile and highly coveted
coastal ecosystems and the development of the various activities present on the coast by
bringing together the actors around this project of sustainable management (Braud, 2013;
Calvet, 2014).
Processes aiming at the sustainable management of coastal zones by reconciling the
preservation of fragile and highly coveted coastal ecosystems and the development of the
various activities present on the coast by bringing together the actors around this project of
sustainable management (Braud, 2013; Calvet, 2014).
I.2.
Vulnerability
The vulnerability and related resilience research on social-ecological systems and the separate
literature on vulnerability of livelihoods to poverty. There are common terms across theoretical
approaches: vulnerability is most often conceptualized as being constituted by a components
that include exposure and sensitivity to perturbations, external stresses, hazards and the capacity
to adapt. It is driven by inadvertent or deliberate human action that reinforces self-interest and
Concepts of ICZM & Coastal Vulnerability
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I. Chapter I: Concept of ICZM and Coastal vulnerability
I.1.
Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM)
The integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) is seen as the major tool for implementing
sustainable development in coastal areas (Hatziolos et al., 1998). It is a continuous and dynamic
process which is designed to overcome the fragmentation inherent in both the sectorial
management approach and the splits in jurisdiction among levels of government at the landwater interface (Cicin-Sain et amp; Knecht, 1998). This is achieved by establishing a system
where the decisions made by various sectors and levels of government are aligned and in line
with the coastal policies of the respective nation. The ICZM Protocol and its Article 22 state:
"The Parties develop policies for the prevention of natural hazards. To this end, they undertake
vulnerability and hazard assessments and implement preventive, mitigation, and adaptation
measures to address the effects of natural disasters and, in particular, climate change."
On one hand ICZM aims to preserve coastal resources, their ecological functioning and
ultimately their values, by properly applying land use planning in a social, institutional and
economic context (Skourtos et al., 2005). In the other hand, processes aiming at the sustainable
management of coastal zones by reconciling the preservation of fragile and highly coveted
coastal ecosystems and the development of the various activities present on the coast by
bringing together the actors around this project of sustainable management (Braud, 2013;
Calvet, 2014).
Processes aiming at the sustainable management of coastal zones by reconciling the
preservation of fragile and highly coveted coastal ecosystems and the development of the
various activities present on the coast by bringing together the actors around this project of
sustainable management (Braud, 2013; Calvet, 2014).
I.2.
Vulnerability
The vulnerability and related resilience research on social-ecological systems and the separate
literature on vulnerability of livelihoods to poverty. There are common terms across theoretical
approaches: vulnerability is most often conceptualized as being constituted by a components
that include exposure and sensitivity to perturbations, external stresses, hazards and the capacity
to adapt. It is driven by inadvertent or deliberate human action that reinforces self-interest and