Changing Socio-Economic Conditions in the Hamilton Harbour (Ontario) Area: Implications for Harbour Remediation
The 1987 Protocol amending the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978 called for the preparation of Remedial Action Plans for forty-two Areas of Concern (typically polluted harbours...
Commercial, Recreational Uses and Economic Benefits of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary: A Preliminary Assessment
This paper addresses commercial, recreational uses and economic benefits of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary to the local economies of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and...
Citizen Views on Great Lakes Policy: A Comparison of Canadian and U.S. Publics
This study investigates Canadian and American public opinion concerning the use of public funds to restore and protect Great Lakes coastal areas. Based upon survey data collected among...
Shipwreck Management in Michigan's Great Lakes
From the year 1679, when Sier de la Salle's legendary trading ship, the Griffin set sail and disappeared on its maiden voyage, to 1975 when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down...
Focus Towards Partnership?Saguenay Marine Park Joint Management Test Case
This paper presents the recent trends in parks' establishment in Canada. It focusses on the Saguenay Marine Park where Government of Canada and Government of Quebec have joined...
The Tidewater Ecobotanical Garden: Lessons in Preserving, Restoring, and Interpreting Forested Coastal Wetlands
The West Neck Creek and North Landing River systems of the City of Virginia Beach are representative examples of the northern coastal margin of the Mid-Atlantic Tidewater. A 580 acre municipally-owned...
Kuala Selangor Nature Park?A Conservation Effort in the Coastal Zone
The Kuala Selangor Nature Park is a landmark in the history of conservation of Malaysia. It is the first time in this country, that a State Government, i.e. Selangor and the Malayan Nature...
Ecotourism?Examples from United States Coastal Management Programs and Marine and Estuarine Parks
This paper presents examples of coastal management experiences with ecotourism. Several states, including Massachussetts, New Jersey, Oregon, and California, are highlighted....
Marine Minerals Investigation in the Mid-Pacific Area; An Example of State and Federal Government Cooperation
For the past six years, representatives of the Federal government and the State of Hawaii have joined together to investigate marine cobalt-rich manganese crust occurrences in the U. S....
Heavy Minerals and Aggregates Developments Nearshore Nova Scotia, Canada
This paper highlights past to present nearshore Scotian Shelf heavy mineral and aggregate exploration activities and findings. Promising sites for heavy minerals, gold and extensive sand...
Coastal Zone Management, National Implementable Plan and Policy Development?A Case Study of Phuket Island
The Thailand Coastal Resources Management Project (CRMP) had been applied to Thailand since 1986 with aim to strengthen the Thai's capabilities in managing an integrated coastal...
Saving What's Left of Tourism Development at Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand
The tourism industry in Phuket, southern Thailand has grown without direction or control since everyone, local or foreign, wants a bit of the pie. Patong, the most popular beach on the...
A National Coral Reef Management Strategy for Thailand
The National Coral Reef Management Strategy is a policy reform initiative of the Thailand Coastal Resources Management Project (CRMP). The objective of the CRMP is to develop national...
What Future for Phuket?
Phuket Island is a key demonstration site for formulating Thailand's coastal resources policies. In its first two years in Phuket, reported at CZ89, the Thailand Coastal Resources...
Anaheim Bay Wetland Restoration and Enhancement?An Overview
The Port of Long Beach has completed a 116-acre wetland restoration project at the National Wildlife Refuge in Seal Beach, California. Construction required more than ten months and involved...
The Physical Evolution of a Wetland Restoration
Since European colonization, San Francisco Bay has lost 95 percent of its original wetlands. The success of recent efforts to restore wetlands throughout California and the U.S. cannot...
Conflict Resolution: MMS and North Carolina
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) practices proactive environmental conflict resolution. The approach selected by the MMS varies with the scope of the particular conflict, the entities...
A Model for Evaluating Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Exploration Plans
The North Carolina OCS Office in consultation with emergency response planning & management (erp&m) developed evaluation matrices for use in evaluating the adequacy and...
OCS Oil and Gas Off South Florida?Developing a Consensus on the Facts
Drilling for oil and gas in the area north of the Florida Keys has been a contentious issue over the last several years. To help provide an understanding of the effects of exploration...
Physical-Chemical Evaluation of Rainwater as an Indicator of Atmospheric Pollution in Some Zones of the City of Maracaibo, Venezuela
This study provided an evaluation of the presence of pollutants in the air over the City of Maracaibo by means of a physical-chemical analysis of rainwater collected in four zones of the...
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