Planning for resilient coastal communities: Lessons from ecological systems theory
作者:
Cynthia Lamson,
期刊:
Coastal Zone Management Journal
(Taylor Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 13,
issue 3-4
页码: 265-280
ISSN:0090-8339
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1080/08920758609361984
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
One of the least understood aspects of coastal zone utilization is how communities respond and adapt to changes occurring in the marine environment and to changes which transform the socioeconomic, political, and administrative environment of the coastal zone. In Atlantic Canada, it is estimated that there are some 1,300 “fishing communities,”; yet these communities vary considerably in terms of population size, proximity to urban centers, and dependence upon the local resource base to provide employment opportunities and alternatives. Although numerous government planning documents have purported to support “community revitalization”; and “self‐sufficiency/self‐reliance,”; few inquiries have been directed toward ascertaining how communities have maintained resiliency in the face of unexpected and sudden shock, or have adapted to more gradual change. This essay argues that human communities and ecological systems may have similar attributes, and that appropriate resource development and management planning should take account of these traits as well as the sustaining structural support mechanisms.
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