Applying Climate Compatible Development and economic valuation to coastal management: A case study of Kenya's mangrove forests

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 157, Issue , 2015, Pages 168-181

  Huxham, Mark ^a   Emerton, Lucy ^b   Kairo, James ^c   Munyi, Fridah ^c   Abdirizak, Hassan ^c   Muriuki, Tabitha ^c   Nunan, Fiona ^d   Briers, Robert A ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Environmental Management Group   (Sri Lanka)

^c KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate Compatible Development; Coastal management; Economic valuation; Ecosystem service; Mangrove

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MAPPING; RISK PERCEPTION;

CASE-STUDIES; CLIMATE COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC VALUATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST COVER; MANGROVE; MANGROVE FOREST; QUANTITATIVE RISK; RISK MAPPINGS;

CONSERVATION;

CARBON; FUEL;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST COVER; MANGROVE; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER;

AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE; COASTAL WATERS; CORAL REEF; CRUSTACEA; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GOVERNMENT; HARVEST; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; KENYA; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MANGROVE; MARKET; NUTRIENT; PLANTATION; POPULATION SIZE; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; WOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; WETLAND;

KENYA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; KENYA; WETLANDS;

EID: 84928108449     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.04.018     Document Type: Article

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