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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829591203321

Titolo

Sharing benefits from the coast : rights, resources, livelihoods / / edited by Rachel Wynberg and Maria Hauck ; Glenda Younge, project manager ; Paul Wise, editor ; Paula Wood, cover designer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cafe Town, South Africa : , : UCT Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-77582-164-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WynbergRachel

HauckMaria

YoungeGlenda

WisePaul

WoodPaula

Disciplina

333.70968

Soggetti

Natural resources - South Africa - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; List of boxes, figures and tables; List of acronyms; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Biographies; Chapter 1: Sharing Benefits from the Coast; Chapter 2: Coastal Communities and Livelihoods in South Africa and Mozambique; Chapter 3: Enhancing Benefits to Small-Scale Fishers Along the East Coast of South Africa; Chapter 4: Mining and the Myth of Benefits in South African Rural Coastal Communities; Chapter 5: Sharing Benefits from Tourism in Mozambique: Pitfalls and Possibilities

Chapter 6: The Impact of Policy and Law on Benefit Sharing: A Case of MozambiqueChapter 7: People, Power and the Coast: Towards an Integrated, Just and Holistic Approach; Appendix: Towards more inclusive research methods: Our approach and methods; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Coastal resources such as mining, fisheries, and tourism are vital for communities in developing countries, many of which live in abject poverty. Yet global patterns indicate growing levels of economic inequality between the custodians of these resources and the people



who exploit them, as well as an increasing incidence in poverty. Drawing from empirical research in South African and Mozambican coastal communities, this book aims to deepen our knowledge about coastal resource use, who benefits and who loses and in what circumstances, why benefi