Sustainable ocean governance : a geographical perspective / Adalberto Vallega.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-265) and index.

Science and policy facing the ocean -- A profound watershed in the role of the ocean -- Modern society and the challenge of the ocean -- The post-modern scientific approach -- Science for post-modern visions -- The ocean and Agenda 21 -- The ocean ecosystem: the abiotic component -- Global change and the ocean ecosystem -- Impacts from plate tectonics -- Role of continental margins -- Ocean governance in relation to plates and margins -- Impacts from the water column -- Atmosphere--ocean interaction: waves -- Atmosphere--ocean interaction: wind-driven ocean circulation -- A special issue: El Nino -- Conclusion: the hydrological cycle -- The ocean ecosystem as the focus of governance -- The ocean ecosystem -- Focus on biocenosis -- The ecosystem's properties -- Classifying ecosystems -- Geographical scales of ocean ecosystems -- Legal frameworks and management patterns -- Zoning the ocean ecosystem -- Legal and jurisdictional frameworks -- A leading chain of impacts -- Legal background -- Setting of the legal framework -- Geographical coverage: an overview -- Maritime jurisdictional context -- The ocean under international regime -- Zoning the ocean: the legal inputs -- Coastal area and deep-ocean: defining the boundaries -- Governance patterns: the coastal area -- Governance patterns: the deep-ocean -- Governance patterns: the regional seas -- The role of ocean resources -- A resource reservoir -- Development of ocean uses -- Science in relation to ocean exploitation -- Key ocean uses -- A geographical view.

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This topical book examines ocean governance and calls for close co-operation between science and policy. Adalberto Vallega uniquely considers the ocean as a spatial complex system which must be represented as a whole and argues that scientific approaches must change to achieve progress and co-operation between science and policy.

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