M. Kononenko, M. Shilin. Integrated coastal management planning strategies - St. Petersburg, Russian State Hydrometeorological University Publishing House, 2003. 181 p.
     The principles and methods of scientific planning for practical care of the coastal zone are analyzed on the basis of a systems approach. As an object of planning, the coastal system, its ecological, economical, and social sub-systems, is examined. The role of planning in integrated coastal zone management is revealed and discussed. Case studies and exercises are proposed for training in practical planning in the coastal zone.

© Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU), 2004

CONTENTS

Introduction

PART 1 Coastal zone as an ecological, social and economic system

• Chapter 1.1 Coastal zone as a natural object - an ecosystem
• Chapter 1.2 Coastal zone under anthropogenic pressure
• Chapter 1.3 Comprehensive approach to identifying the object of planning

SECTION II General principles of coastal zone development planning

• Chapter 2.1 Coastal zone planning: background
• Chapter 2.2 Planning for the coastal zone as a complex system
  • "Top-down" v "bottom-up planning"

PART 2 Practical planning

• Chapter 3.1 Classification of coastal zone development plans
  • Principles of classification and choice of criteria
  • Time-scope: short-term and long-term plans
  • Legal status
  • Level of integration
• Chapter 3.2 Planning as a multi-level process
• Territorial classification of plans
• Planning at the national level
• Regional plans for coastal zone development
• Local and sub-local level of planning
• Chapter 3.3 Object plans in coastal zone management
  • Application of object plans
• Chapter 3.4 Process of drawing up a coastal zone management plan

PART 3 Monitoring the project

• Chapter 4.1 Principles of monitoring
  • Background
  • Guidelines
• Chapter 4.2 Wise practice characteristics

Tables

• Table 1 Environmental, social and economic characteristics of the coastal zone
• Table 2 Factors influencing coastal zone dynamics
• Table 3 Ecological, social and economic analysis of coastal systems
• Table 4 Dialectic position of models and plans for coastal zone development
• Table 5 Methods of classifying plans
• Table 6 Scale of coastal zone development planning
• Table 7 Examples of object plans used in coastal zone management