Coastal erosion management and the European princi

Authors: John McKenna J Andrew G Cooper Anne Marie O’Hagan

Publish Date: 2009/01/20

Volume: 13, Issue: 2-3, Pages: 165-173

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Abstract

The European Recommendation on Integrated Coastal Zone Management has six core principles These form two groups one concerned with strategic goals and one that has a local focus The principles are presented as a menu of freestanding options with no prioritization either within or between groups In the case of coastal erosion management these characteristics result in irreconcilable conflicts and actively hinder sustainable management of eroding coasts The principles require clarification and recognition that they are an indivisible integrated set which should not be used to select principles to advance a particular agenda It is essential that the strategic principles are given priority because only they can underpin a sustainable approach to the issue of coastal erosion

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