integrated coastal zone management

Question 1

what is ICZM?

Answer 1

large sections of the coastline often sediment cells are managed with one integrated strategy

Question 2

what do the ICZM recognise about coasts?

Answer 2

the importance of coasts to peoples livelihoods

Question 3

what are the two things that the ICZM recognise and try and balance?

Answer 3

coastal management must be sustainable and economic development is important but it should not be prioritised over protection of the coastal environment

Question 4

who does the ICZM include?

Answer 4

all stakeholders to plan for the long term and try to work with natural process and not against them

Question 5

what can happen in terms of erosion in an ICZM?

Answer 5

sediment eroded in one location may form a protective beach elsewhere therefore protecting one area from erosion may be disadvantageous for another community

Question 6

what happened in terms of the ICZM in 2013?

Answer 6

the EU adopted a new initiative which promotes the use of ICZM’s across all of Europe’s coastlines