ICZM

Question 1

What does the ICZM stand for?

Answer 1

Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Question 2

Where does the ICZM operate?

Answer 2

UK

Question 3

What does the ICZM do?

Answer 3

Manage whole sections of coast and can cross political and national boundaries which means different council have to work together, they recognise that the sediment (Littoral) cells interact with each other that changes one part of the coast I,pacts other areas (such as placements of grounds causing terminal ground syndrome)

Question 4

What are the ICZM’s aims?

Answer 4

Create sustainable economic and social activities, protect the coastal environment, manage flood and coastal erosion risk, resolve any conflicts that may occur, this type of management is also based on the principal that actions in one area of the coastline affect other places further along the coast, this is due to sediment flows within the sediment cell (example groynes cause starvation further down)

Question 5

What was introduced in the EU in 2013?

Answer 5

To introduce an initiative to use ICZMs on all of Europe’s coastline

Question 6

Why does conflict over coastal management happen?

Answer 6

Between those considering the economic outcomes of a strategy versus the environmental outcome, homeowners and farmers often have strong attachments to a place so any change can cause a great loss