Overview
- Provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis of challenges and possibilities for sustainable governance of the Baltic Sea ecosystem
- Includes up-to-date descriptions and analyses of environmental governance linked to various important environmental problems
- Draws conclusions on key challenges and possible ways of improving environmental governance, science-policy interactions, stakeholder communication and participation
Part of the book series: MARE Publication Series (MARE, volume 10)
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This edited volume presents a comprehensive and coherent interdisciplinary analysis of challenges and possibilities for sustainable governance of the Baltic Sea ecosystem by combining knowledge and approaches from natural and social sciences. Focusing on the Ecosystem Approach to Management (EAM) and associated multi-level, multi-sector and multi-actor challenges, the book provides up-to-date descriptions and analyses of environmental governance structures and processes at the macro-regional Baltic Sea level. Organised in two parts, Part 1 presents in-depth case studies of environmental governance practices and challenges linked to five key environmental problems - eutrophication, chemical pollution, overfishing, oil discharges and invasive species. Part 2 analyses and compares governance challenges and opportunities across the five case studies, focusing on governance structures and EAM implementation, knowledge integration and science support, as well as stakeholder communication andparticipation. Based on these cross-case comparisons, this book also draws a set of general conclusions on possible ways of improving the governance of the Baltic Sea by promoting what are identified as vital functions of environmental governance: coordination, integration, interdisciplinarity, precaution, deliberation, communication and adaptability.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Interdisciplinary Case Studies of Environmental Governance
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Cross-Case Analysis of Key Environmental Governance Challenges
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Governance of the Baltic Sea
Editors: Michael Gilek, Mikael Karlsson, Sebastian Linke, Katarzyna Smolarz
Series Title: MARE Publication Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27006-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-27005-0Published: 01 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80056-1Published: 25 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-27006-7Published: 21 March 2016
Series ISSN: 2212-6260
Series E-ISSN: 2212-6279
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 253
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Political Science, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management