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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459691203321

Autore

Ommer Rosemary

Titolo

Coasts under stress [[electronic resource] ] : restructuring and social-ecological health / / Rosemary E. Ommer and the Coasts Under Stress Research Project team

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-86648-6

9786612866487

0-7735-7601-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (593 p.)

Disciplina

304.20971/09146

Soggetti

Coastal zone management - Canada

Marine resources conservation - Canada

Social ecology - Atlantic Coast (Canada)

Social ecology - British Columbia - Pacific Coast

Human ecology - Atlantic Coast (Canada)

Human ecology - British Columbia - Pacific Coast

Electronic books.

Atlantic Coast (Canada)

Pacific Coast (B.C.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [503]-554) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pt. I. How we got here : historical restructuring and its social-ecological legacy. Introduction : what stress? What coasts? ; A social-ecological history of Canada's fisheries ; Not managing for scarcity : social-ecological issues in contemporary fisheries management and capture practices ; Social-ecological health and the history of the forest products industry on both coasts ; Social-ecological health and the history of nonrenewable resources on both coasts ; Cross-scale, cross-sector, and cross-purpose issues : overlap in the coastal zone --

Pt. II. The human impact of restructuring and social-ecological health. The restructuring of health care on both coasts since the 1980's ; The statistical face of restructuring and human health ; The human voice of



social-ecological restructuring :jobs, incomes, livelihoods, ways of life, and human health ; Restructuring, nutrition, and diet on both coasts ; The human voice of social-ecological restructuring II : youth, education, and health --

Pt. III. Towards social-ecological health : coastal problems and potentials. Future options I : aquaculture, hatcheries, tourism, transportation, and local initiatives ; Future options II : the oil and gas potential of the Queen Charlotte and Tofino Basins ; New options for governance I : marine and coastal waters ; New options for governance II : the land and sea/land interface ; Building a more resilient future --

Appendices. Interdisciplinary team research : the coasts under stress experience ; The coasts under stress team ; Glossary of technical terms ; Glossary of species mentioned in the text, by scientific name.