The 15th Franco-Japanese Symposium of Oceanography “Marine
Productivity, Perturbations and Resilience of Socio-Ecosystems,” organized
by the long-standing partners Société franco-japonaise d’Océanographie de
France and Société franco-japonaise d’Océanographie du Japon, reviewed
the impacts of natural (storms, typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.) and
man-made (pollution, buildings in coastal areas, aquaculture, tourism, sports,
diving, etc.) perturbations infl icted on natural coastal and marine environments,
and examined the resilience of the affected socio-ecosystems and ability of
governance responses to face these global/local changes.
The 15th Franco-Japanese Symposium of Oceanography was supported
by the two countries’ highest authorities.
The book collects 43 selected papers, written by experts from numerous
universities and research institutes in both countries. It addresses the needs of
marine sciences researchers (natural and social sciences), decision-makers
and coastal zone managers, and other stakeholders involved in coastal and
marine socio-ecosystems.