Sustainable environmental management of marine regions: the Black Sea case study
Journal: Hrčak Portal of scientific journals of Croatia (University Computing Centre)
Year: 2012

The EU Marine Strategy Directive (2008/56/EC) proposes four marine regions as a political geographic framework for implementation of the Community's environmental policy. This study critically analyzes the state-based approach, which the Directive uses to outline the regions' boundaries. It suggests that environmental sustainability of marine odies strongly depends on the geographic congruence between their watersheds and the borders of the respective environmental management system, i.e., marin