Chapter 4
Methods and Tools to Support eZM
J. van der Weide . L. de Vrees
4.1
Introduction
Presel)tly, a large number of Coastal lone Management (ClM) programs are being
implemented (Sorensen 1993) and successes and failures of some of these programs
were evaluated in the Xiamen workshop. This has resulted in recommendations for good
practices in the formulation. Design, and implementation of integrated coastal zone
management (IClM) initiatives (GEF/UNDP/IMO 1996). Recommendations can be
divided into three categories:
• Recommendations regarding the approach used to ensure the quality and consistency in developing and implementing (IClM projects and programs).
• Recommendations regarding the process of IClM to ensure participation of all
stakeholders in this process.
• Recommendations regarding the political, legal, institutional and technical instruments needed to support this process and to implement the output of the
process.
Obviously, the ability to meet these requirements strongly differs between various
countries, depending on the political, technical and financial context in which IClM
has to be implemented. Still, developing countries may benefit from experiences of the
industrialized countries, if the above constraints are observed and appropriate techniques and tools are proposed.
The present paper tries to convert the requirements formulated in the Xiamen workshop into practical recommendations for planning, management and control of coastal
zones, using experience obtained in the Netherlands and abroad.
4.2
The Approach
4.2.1
General
The Xiamen workshop recommended to use a systematic, incremental approach in
developing and implementing IClM projects and programs. Such an approach should
take into account the following "dimensions" of IClM:
• The issues: the objectives for IClM and the criteria to be met;
Methods and Tools to Support eZM
J. van der Weide . L. de Vrees
4.1
Introduction
Presel)tly, a large number of Coastal lone Management (ClM) programs are being
implemented (Sorensen 1993) and successes and failures of some of these programs
were evaluated in the Xiamen workshop. This has resulted in recommendations for good
practices in the formulation. Design, and implementation of integrated coastal zone
management (IClM) initiatives (GEF/UNDP/IMO 1996). Recommendations can be
divided into three categories:
• Recommendations regarding the approach used to ensure the quality and consistency in developing and implementing (IClM projects and programs).
• Recommendations regarding the process of IClM to ensure participation of all
stakeholders in this process.
• Recommendations regarding the political, legal, institutional and technical instruments needed to support this process and to implement the output of the
process.
Obviously, the ability to meet these requirements strongly differs between various
countries, depending on the political, technical and financial context in which IClM
has to be implemented. Still, developing countries may benefit from experiences of the
industrialized countries, if the above constraints are observed and appropriate techniques and tools are proposed.
The present paper tries to convert the requirements formulated in the Xiamen workshop into practical recommendations for planning, management and control of coastal
zones, using experience obtained in the Netherlands and abroad.
4.2
The Approach
4.2.1
General
The Xiamen workshop recommended to use a systematic, incremental approach in
developing and implementing IClM projects and programs. Such an approach should
take into account the following "dimensions" of IClM:
• The issues: the objectives for IClM and the criteria to be met;