LEGAL AND REGULATORY BODIES: APPROPRIATENESS TO INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT Research Completed
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LEGAL AND REGULATORY BODIES: APPROPRIATENESS TO INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
Lead Author
Gibson, J.
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MacAlister Elliott and Partners Ltd
Publication Year
1999
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MacAlister Elliott and Partners Ltd
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Abstract
The achievement of integrated coastal zone management inevitably involves considerations of law. Whether ICZM is implemented by statutory or non-statutory means, it is important that legal principles should be used in the most effective way.
Law defines the powers and duties of the many public and private bodies and individuals involved in the management and use of the coastal zone, and it provides the legal framework within which they operate. It therefore has the potential to assist the process of ICZM, but it also has the capacity to impede it. Although ICZM is a modern development, it must inevitably function within a complex framework of existing laws, most of which pre-date the concept of ICZM and were created for different purposes.
This report analyses the role of law at national, European Community and international levels, and considers how these mechanisms may best be applied to promote the achievement of ICZM in the European Union.
The methodology on which the report is based involves a combination of research techniques:
A desk study was undertaken of national, European Community and international laws affecting the coastal zone, together with the laws of selected States outside Europe.Questionnaires were sent to the Demonstration Projects and the National Experts, and fact-finding visits were made to individual projects, in order to discover the strengths and weaknesses of the legal systems in practice.
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Law, International, Europe, Coast, Access
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July 13, 2012
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