Wetland conservation and sustainable coastal governance in Japan and England

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 956-962

  Fletcher, Stephen ^a   Kawabe, Midori ^b   Rewhorn, Sonja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal wetland conservation; England; Governance; Integrated coastal management; Japan; Ramsar Convention

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLANDS; ENGLAND; GOVERNANCE; INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT; JAPAN; RAMSAR CONVENTION;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; CONSERVATION; INTEGRATION;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATURE CONSERVATION;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; JAPAN; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SEASHORE; UNITED KINGDOM; WETLAND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; JAPAN; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

ENGLAND; JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955587279     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.048     Document Type: Article

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