B3. Managing coastal margins
The varying power of different stakeholders in relation to coastal margin management
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Coastal erosion and flooding management strategies, including cliff line stabilization and managed retreat
Coastal erosion and flooding management strategies, including cliff line stabilization and managed retreat
One coastal management case study focused on the decision-making process and perspectives of different actors
One coastal management case study focused on the decision-making process and perspectives of different actors
1: Find Norfolk on the map and draw a quick 60 second sketch, include major cities and the body of water next on which the coast is located
2. Create a table or mind map answering all of the following questions:
- Main threat/concern (type of erosion, causes, consequences etc)
- At least three different stakeholders and their perspective on, and power over the issue (residents, government, conservationists, fishermen etc.)
- At least two strategies to address the issue
- Evaluate how the strategies you have described are efficient in dealing with coastal erosion
Further reading:
- Community involvement
- Residents refuse Evacuation
- Demolition of clifftop homes underway
- Homeowners need government help
- Coastal Planning agreement
3: Write a thesis statement for the following IB style question. (5 minutes)
Discuss the varying power of different stakeholders in relation to coastal margin management in a named region.
Further reading on different (excellent) CS:
Conflicting land-use pressures on coastlines, including commercial land uses (tourism, industry and housing) and conservation measures
Conflicting land-use pressures on coastlines, including commercial land uses (tourism, industry and housing) and conservation measures
Discuss the Shimoda coast
- Considering the various uses people make of coastal areas, give specific examples of how some of these uses conflict with each other.
- Discuss how an understanding of coastal landforms can promote wise use of the coasts. Use examples.
- What possible conflicting land use did you notice on our FT to the Shimoda coast?
- What conservations measures were in place? Can you evaluate their effectiveness?
- Come up with simple solutions for the following problems, taking into consideration at least 2 stakeholders
- Dune erosion
- Beach erosion
- Wave action erosion
- Long shore drift
- Cliff erosion
- Coastline erosion
One case study to illustrate the roles of, and outcomes for, coastal stakeholders
One case study to illustrate the roles of, and outcomes for, coastal stakeholders
Use either:
Use either:
- Shimoda
- The Soufriere Marine Management Area (SMMA) in N&C p. 83-4
- Studland Beach and Sand Dune
Create a table or mindmap answering the following questions:
- Describe the conflicting pressures on a specific coast line.
- Describe the various land uses and how the conflict with each other.
- Include the historical context of the conflict
- The varying power of different stakeholders in relation to coastal margin management
- Discuss the management strategies adopted to resolve these pressures and evaluate their effectiveness.
- Propose a better solution.
Include:
- Maps (you have it from your IA)
- A time line
- Diagrams describing the functioning of the various management strategies
- Detailed explanations of the causes of coastal degradation (human and natural)
Management of coral reefs and mangrove swamps, including different stakeholder perspectives on their use and value
Management of coral reefs and mangrove swamps, including different stakeholder perspectives on their use and value
Detailed examples of both ecosystems and their issues
Detailed examples of both ecosystems and their issues
Your coral reef CS will be the Great Barrier Reef, as read in Katherine Kolbert's Sixth Extinction and Nagle and Cooke (as well as 85-87)
Discuss:
- Describe what coral is?
- Identify where coral forms, and explain why it forms there?
- Explain ways in which coral supports other species
- Describe what coral feeds on
- Explain what coral bleaching is and list causes of coral bleaching
- Explain the impact of ocean acidification on coral reefs
Then, use these documents to answer the following questions: NOAA WWF, Kolbert reading, N&C p. 85-7, and the online extension.
- Write a short description of the different threats to coral reefs worldwide.
- Describe the value of coral reefs and the socio-economic consequences of coral reef degradation?
- Detailed examples of three stakeholders of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and:
- Their power over the GBR's management
- Their perspective of the GBR's value
- Answer all three Activity questions on the online extension
Mangrove Swamps management and different stakeholder perspectives on their use and value
Mangrove Swamps management and different stakeholder perspectives on their use and value
Exercise:
Exercise:
In groups, using one of the following:
In groups, using one of the following:
- Cutting trees
- Livestock Feed
- Shrimp Aquaculture
- Expansion of Agriculture
1. Explain the causes and consequences of mangrove forest degradation
2. The varying power of different stakeholders in relation to coastal margin management of the issue
3. Discuss the management strategies adopted to resolve these pressures and evaluate their effectiveness.
You will then present your findings to the class on this presentation.
Sovereignty rights of nations in relation to territorial limits along coastal margins and exclusive economic zones (EEZs)
Where are the disputed areas. Can you explain why?
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
Geopolitics: geographical relations between different states
Sovereignty rights: Having independent authority over a territory
EEZ: area in which a coastal nation has sovereign rights over all the economic resources of the sea, seabed and subsoil, extending to 200 nautical miles from the coast ----- Countries also have some rights over their continental shelf, slope and rise… thus the conflict.
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) guarantees exclusive access to marine resources within 200 nautical miles of a nation’s sovereign territory – called an exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) guarantees exclusive access to marine resources within 200 nautical miles of a nation’s sovereign territory – called an exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
1 nautical mile = 1.852 Km
The creator of “Exclusive Economic Zone,” Theo Deutinger, points out “that if a country owns a minuscule rock somewhere in the ocean, this rock’s exploitable surface increases from almost zero on-shore to 430,000 km² offshore.”
Thus the conflict:
- Peru vs Chile
- Japan vs China vs South Korea vs Taiwan
- China vs Malaysia vs Vietnam vs Philippines
- Italy vs Slovenia (vs Croatia)
- France England Scallop wars
Opposition:
Opposition:
Seeing ocean floor in terms of economic property leads to environmental degradation
Displacement of sediments
Destruction of ecosystems
Increase use of fossil fuels, and reduction of carbon sink of oceans
Advancing technology has made deep sea exploitation easier, but also brings new/bigger risks
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