Description

The decline of coastal areas and marine resources requires both cross-disciplinary research and comprehensive and integrated management, both at local and global level. This course will introduce the concepts, principles, approaches, processes and issues of integrated coastal and ocean management through a review of ICM (Integrated Coastal Zone Management or ICZM) history and development within a global context. An overview of different management strategies, as well as the meaning of integration in the governing of natural resources, will be presented. Country case studies will be presented and examined. Successes and failures of integrated coastal and ocean management will be discussed and analysed.

Learning outcomes

• Students will gain an understanding of Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management as a field of knowledge, based on its history and most recent developments.
• Students will appreciate the complexity of coastal and marine management.
• Students will be able to integrate different aspects of ICM, from a social, economical and ecological perspective, to assess problems and issues.
• Students will be capable of applying their understanding and interpretation of coastal areas to design integrated management plans to approach coastal and marine issues.

Assessment

Instructor

Jamie Alley is a natural resource and environmental management specialist with over 30 years experience in a broad range of senior and executive management positions. After a career in the government of British Columbia, Jamie now operates a natural resource management consulting firm, with particular expertise in oceans and coastal resource management, freshwater and marine fisheries, and natural resource governance mechanisms. Jamie is a geographer by training and has degrees from Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria. He has particular experience in intergovernmental and transboundary issues, and has been active in a variety of negotiations to resolve governance issues and develop cooperative management mechanisms.

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