Ritika PRASAD, DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, LUCKNOW UNIVERSITY, India
Coastal resources comprising fishes, minerals and energy are a focus for the emerging sustainable blue economy, and are vital to people and the economy of a country. It has long been acknowledged that the management of terrestrial activities cause detrimental impacts on coastal resources in the marine environment. Many of these stressors are adverse effects of human activities on land that are not taken into consideration within current resource-governance frameworks in the coastal areas. The main focus of the study was to determine appropriate governance approaches to reduce the effects of terrestrial activities on coastal resources and to support the transition to a sustainable blue economy. The study used Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact, Response (DPSIR) approach to study the complex systems. The approach was used to evaluate how local drivers are asserting the development of terrestrial activities (pressures), which in turn upset the quality and availability (state) of coastal resources. Lastly, the study puts forward an analysis of probable governance strategies that can reduce the effects of terrestrial activities on coastal resources and thereby support the transition to a sustainable blue economy. The outcomes evidently revealed that coastal resources are being adversely affected by stressors produced by terrestrial activities that may take place at great distances from the coast. Thus, in order to safeguard the protection and sustainable use of coastal resources, it is indispensable to improve governance approaches that holistically consider individual and cumulative effects of terrestrial activities. It is important that the governance approach essentially overcomes the legal and administrative hurdles that result in marine and terrestrial environments being treated as separate governance units for the management of coastal environment.
Mots clés : Activities|Coastal resources|Governance|Effects|Management
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