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oceanography --- mariculture --- taxonomy and systematics of marine organisms --- conservation and management of marine and coastal resources --- marine ecology and biotechnology --- fisheries

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The Asia-Pacific region is home to the world’s largest region of coral reefs and mangroves. It accommodates two-thirds of the world’s human population and its economic activities have the highest growth rate in the world. Ongoing degradation of the environment, resulting from coastal development, deforestation, desertification and over-harvesting, are becoming a matter of great concern, as floods and droughts occur as a result of this degradation. The Asia-Pacific region also includes part of the ‘Pacific Rim of Fire’ and is, therefore, vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis, as the world became aware following the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004. Threats of global environmental change, such as climate change and sea-level rise, will exacerbate such problems. Therefore, appropriate policies and measures are needed for coastal management, to address both the local and global trends. This book gives an overview of the state-of-the-art understanding on the drivers, state, and responses to coastal environmental changes in the Asia-Pacific region. It provides excellent perspectives on current and anticipated environmental changes in the region’s coastal areas, to researchers, students, policy makers, coastal managers and other stakeholders. Audience: This book will be of interest to researchers of coastal science, undergraduate and graduate students of coastal science, engineering and management, to policy makers, coastal managers and coastal developers, and to the fishing industry. .

Coastal zone management --- Coast ecosystem management --- Coastal ecosystem management --- Coastal management --- Coastal resource management --- Coastal resources management --- Coastal zone ecosystem management --- Coasts --- CRM (Coastal resource management) --- Zone management, Coastal --- Ecosystem management --- Natural resources --- Regional planning --- Coastal engineering --- Management

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The trends toward ecosystem degradation and social change are affecting coastal areas around the world, not least in Sub-Saharan Africa. The crisis affecting this region's coastal and marine areas requires an urgent and resolute response from the global community. This report details the challenges facing coastal and marine environments in Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes the World Bank's strategy for supporting sustainable development in the sector, while stressing an integrated approach to coastal management in Sub-Saharan Africa, which will be strategic in design, with both traditional investments in fisheries, or coastal biodiversity, and creative interventions for making large-scale investments in infrastructure, or water "coastal friendly", to avert impacts, while bringing tangible benefits to coastal populations, and ecosystems.

Coastal zone management --- Sustainable development --- Coast ecosystem management --- Coastal ecosystem management --- Coastal management --- Coastal resource management --- Coastal resources management --- Coastal zone ecosystem management --- Coasts --- CRM (Coastal resource management) --- Zone management, Coastal --- Management --- Ecosystem management --- Natural resources --- Regional planning --- Coastal engineering

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Coastal zone management --- Planning. --- Coast ecosystem management --- Coastal ecosystem management --- Coastal management --- Coastal resource management --- Coastal resources management --- Coastal zone ecosystem management --- Coasts --- CRM (Coastal resource management) --- Zone management, Coastal --- Ecosystem management --- Natural resources --- Regional planning --- Coastal engineering --- Management

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Coastal zone management. --- Coast ecosystem management --- Coastal ecosystem management --- Coastal management --- Coastal resource management --- Coastal resources management --- Coastal zone ecosystem management --- Coasts --- CRM (Coastal resource management) --- Zone management, Coastal --- Ecosystem management --- Natural resources --- Regional planning --- Coastal engineering --- Management