Stojanovic Et Al 2004

Question 1

What does this paper focus on?

Answer 1

identify important factors for successful integrated coastal management (ICM) by reviewing secondary literature and providing a synthesis of the ideas used in existing studies of coastal management.

Question 2

What does this paper demonstrate?

Answer 2

Significant gaps in empirical research in the field of ICM, particularly in reviewing success factors at the level of regional and local initiative

Question 3

What will their suggestions help?

Answer 3

Suggestions are offered for future research and theoretical realism is presented as a fruitful approach (that is rarely done in ICM research) to help practical management by aiding practitioners—the project officers and government officers who co-ordinate and run coastal management initiatives—to think reflexively about the type of management they are encouraging.

Question 4

What do the researchers present at the end?

Answer 4

A list of important factors for successful ICM is presented, allowing practitioners to check whether their initiative has procedures that will contribute to effective management.

Question 5

What do the authors aim to do since this was a desktop study based upon others’ research?

Answer 5

the authors are presently seeking to operationalise these factors with an empirical study on the management of information in coastal management initiatives [85], thereby continuing the hermeneutic cycle—attempting to bring theories closer to the evidence encountered by practitioners.