The Wadden Sea Region: Towards a science for sustainable development

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 68, Issue , 2012, Pages 4-17

  Kabat, Pavel ^a,e   Bazelmans, Jos ^a,f   van Dijk, Jouke ^a,d   Herman, Peter M J ^a   van Oijen, Tim ^a   Pejrup, Morten ^b   Reise, Karsten ^c   Speelman, Hessel ^a   Wolff, Wim J ^d  

^a Wadden Academy KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^f Cultural Heritage Agency   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; COASTAL PROTECTION; ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION; ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; EXOTIC SPECIES; EXTERNAL FORCING; GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; HERITAGE SITES; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIALISATION; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; LAND CLAIMS; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE; NATURAL FEATURES; REGIONAL MANAGEMENT; SCIENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; UPSCALING; WADDEN SEA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; GROUNDWATER; PUBLIC POLICY; SEA LEVEL; SHORE PROTECTION;

MANAGEMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNESCO; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 84872618500     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.05.022     Document Type: Article

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