Coastal Planning and Management

Coastal Planning and Management

Author: Robert Kay

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2017-09-29

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 1351988611

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The first comprehensive tool-kit for coastal planners and those aiming to achieve effective coastal management worldwide. Coastal Planning and Management provides a link between planning and management tools and thus includes all stages in the process, from development through evaluation to implementation. Drawing on examples of successful coastal planning and management from around the world, the authors provide clear and practical guidelines for the people who make daily decisions about the world's coastlines. Coastal Planning and Management is an invaluable resource for professionals in environmental and planning consultancies, international organizations and governmental departments, as well as for academics and researchers in the local and international fields of geography, marine and environmental science, marine and coastal engineering and marine policy and planning.


Saving Small Island Developing States

Saving Small Island Developing States

Author: Shyam Nath

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9781849290319

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Small island states have a big problem - the environmental consequences of climate change. This text introduces and explains the key environmental policy challenges and suggested responses to them.


Urbanisation in the Island Pacific

Urbanisation in the Island Pacific

Author: John Connell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-26

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 113454071X

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Managing rapid urban growth presents a significant challenge in the small independent countries of the Pacific Islands. Although they originated in colonial times, the towns and cities are now distinctively post-colonial, with economies, environments and social structures that reflect unique island characteristics. This transformation has stimulated new concerns, such as the causes and effects of pollution, the need for employment for landless migrants, the need for adequate and affordable housing and the financing of expanding urban services. This book explores the diversity of the urban experience in the ten independent island states, focusing on strategies to secure long term sustainable development.


Tonga

Tonga

Author: Bruce Knapman

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13:

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This economic report provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary economic and key sector developments intended to assist the Government of Tonga in its policy formulation and implementation. The report also aims to provide analytical support to funding agencies in developing their assistance programs and to inform the general public.


Pacific 2010

Pacific 2010

Author: John Connell

Publisher: Asia Pacific Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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Throughout Polynesia urban conditions are worsening, though cities and towns are growing much more slowly than their Melanesian and Micronesian counterparts. The difficulties of providing adequate urban infrastructure and services that have been of critical concern in the larger cities of the developing world are now readily apparent. The relatively small size of urban centres in the South Pacific has delayed the recognition of serious problems and the need for an active response because development policies have tended to focus on economic growth and on the rural sector. To draw comparisons with policies that have been attempted elsewhere, the key subsectors of urban infrastructure examined here are those commonly identified in comparative policy studies: water supply, sanitation, solid waste disposal and housing. Integrally associated with these services are land management and the status of physical planning. Particular attention is given to environmental outcomes.