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As we've discussed, coastal policy seeks to resolve conflicts among the various ways we use the land and water along our shores. Intuitively, one of the most striking conflicts is between relying on coastal waters as a source of food and a dumping ground for human waste. Yet humanity has been doing both since its earliest gatherings. As cities developed, disposing of waste in coastal waters became common, eventually contaminating seafood and causing severe illness. The following pages focus on this fundamental conflict, and the science, technology, and law to resolve it. In this chapter, we examine how the policy process, through sector-based management, has been used to address the problem.
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Burroughs, R. (2011). Wastewater. In: Coastal Governance. Foundations of Contemporary Environmental Studies. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-016-3_3
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