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3.1 Definition of ICZM: Some Suggestions
This section contains a compilation of several definitions of the term Integrated Coastal
Zone Management. The aim is to indicate the variety of intentions, interpretations and
comprehensions of this term. It is not the aim to repeat all available definitions.
The comprehensive description given by the Coastal Zone Management Act of the
USA on ICZM has been provided on p. 15 in Sect. 2.1.
Several years after the enactment of the CZM Act in the USA a workshop was held
in 1985 attended by an international audience who discussed and finally agreed on the
following definition (Sorensen, 1993, p. 49):
ICZM is a dynamic process in which a coordinated strategy is developed and implemented
for the allocation of environmental, socio-cultural, and institutional resources to achieve the
conservation and sustainable multiple use of the coastal zone.
Several years later the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 formulated in chapter
17 of the Agenda 21 the term as follows (UN, 1992):
Coastal States commit themselves to integrated management and sustainable development of
coastal areas and the marine environment under their national jurisdiction. To this end, it is
necessary to, inter alia:
(a) Provide for an integrated policy and decision-making process, including all involved
sectors, to promote compatibility and a balance of uses;
(b) Identify existing and projected uses of coastal areas and their interactions;
(c) Concentrate on well-defined issues concerning coastal management;
(d) Apply preventive and precautionary approaches in project planning and implementation,
including prior assessment and systematic observation of the impacts of major projects;
c
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Wasser: Ökologie und Bewirtschaftung, DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-17052-3_3
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3.1 Definition of ICZM: Some Suggestions
This section contains a compilation of several definitions of the term Integrated Coastal
Zone Management. The aim is to indicate the variety of intentions, interpretations and
comprehensions of this term. It is not the aim to repeat all available definitions.
The comprehensive description given by the Coastal Zone Management Act of the
USA on ICZM has been provided on p. 15 in Sect. 2.1.
Several years after the enactment of the CZM Act in the USA a workshop was held
in 1985 attended by an international audience who discussed and finally agreed on the
following definition (Sorensen, 1993, p. 49):
ICZM is a dynamic process in which a coordinated strategy is developed and implemented
for the allocation of environmental, socio-cultural, and institutional resources to achieve the
conservation and sustainable multiple use of the coastal zone.
Several years later the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 formulated in chapter
17 of the Agenda 21 the term as follows (UN, 1992):
Coastal States commit themselves to integrated management and sustainable development of
coastal areas and the marine environment under their national jurisdiction. To this end, it is
necessary to, inter alia:
(a) Provide for an integrated policy and decision-making process, including all involved
sectors, to promote compatibility and a balance of uses;
(b) Identify existing and projected uses of coastal areas and their interactions;
(c) Concentrate on well-defined issues concerning coastal management;
(d) Apply preventive and precautionary approaches in project planning and implementation,
including prior assessment and systematic observation of the impacts of major projects;
c
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH 2018
35
F. Ahlhorn, Integrated Coastal Zone Management,
Wasser: Ökologie und Bewirtschaftung, DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-17052-3_3