Coasts under stress
Subtitle: restructuring and social-ecological health
By: Rosemary E. Ommer and the Coasts Under Stress Research Project team.
Contributors: Coasts Under Stress (Project)
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 574
ISBN-13: 9780773532038; 9780773532250
Subjects: Coastal zone management -- Canada; Marine resources conservation -- Canada; Social ecology -- Atlantic Coast (Canada); Social ecology -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast; Human ecology -- Atlantic Coast (Canada); Human ecology -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast; Écologie sociale -- Atlantique, Côte de l' (Canada); Écologie sociale -- Colombie-Britannique -- Pacifique, Côte du; Écologie humaine -- Atlantique, Côte de l' (Canada); Écologie humaine -- Colombie-Britannique -- Pacifique, Côte du; Littoral -- Canada; Atlantic Coast (Canada); Pacific Coast (B.C.); Atlantique, Côte de l' (Canada); Pacifique, Côte du (C.-B.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [503]-554) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. How we got here : historical restructuring and its social-ecological legacy. Introduction : what stress? What coasts? ; A social-ecological history of Canada's fisheries ; Not managing for scarcity : social-ecological issues in contemporary fisheries management and capture practices ; Social-ecological health and the history of the forest products industry on both coasts ; Social-ecological health and the history of nonrenewable resources on both coasts ; Cross-scale, cross-sector, and cross-purpose issues : overlap in the coastal zone; title: pt. II. The human impact of restructuring and social-ecological health. The restructuring of health care on both coasts since the 1980s ; The statistical face of restructuring and human health ; The human voice of social-ecological restructuring :jobs, incomes, livelihoods, ways of life, and human health ; Restructuring, nutrition, and diet on both coasts ; The human voice of social-ecological restructuring II : youth, education, and health; title: pt. III. Towards social-ecological health : coastal problems and potentials. Future options I : aquaculture, hatcheries, tourism, transportation, and local initiatives ; Future options II : the oil and gas potential of the Queen Charlotte and Tofino Basins ; New options for governance I : marine and coastal waters ; New options for governance II : the land and sea/land interface ; Building a more resilient future; title: Appendices. Interdisciplinary team research : the coasts under stress experience ; The coasts under stress team ; Glossary of technical terms ; Glossary of species mentioned in the text, by scientific name.