Managing the Marine and Coastal Environment of Sub-Saharan Africa : Strategic Directions for Sustainable Development

The trends toward ecosystem degradation and social change are affecting coastal areas around the world, not least in Sub-Saharan Africa. The crisis affecting this region's coastal and marine areas requires an urgent and resolute response from...

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Main Author: Hewawasam, Indu
Format: Publication
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:
OIL
SEA
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/1981828/managing-marine-coastal-environment-sub-saharan-africa-strategic-directions-sustainable-development
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spelling okr-10986-142682021-04-23T14:03:11Z Managing the Marine and Coastal Environment of Sub-Saharan Africa : Strategic Directions for Sustainable Development Hewawasam, Indu AGRICULTURE AQUACULTURE BAYS BEACH BEACH EROSION BEACHES BIODIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOMASS BOUNDARIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL AREAS COASTAL COMMUNITIES COASTAL DEVELOPMENT COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS COASTAL EROSION COASTAL MANAGEMENT COASTAL PROCESSES COASTAL REGIONS COASTAL RESOURCES COASTAL WETLANDS COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COASTS COMMERCIAL FISHING CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION CORAL REEFS CREEKS CURRENTS DEBRIS DEFORESTATION EARTH EAST AFRICA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEM EFFLUENTS EL NINO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT EROSION CONTROL ESTUARIES FISH FISHERIES FISHERIES MANAGEMENT FISHERS FISHERY FISHING FISHING FLEET FISHING VESSELS FLOODING FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FORESTS FOSSIL FUELS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GRAVEL HUMAN ACTIVITIES HUMAN ACTIVITY INCOME INDUSTRIAL WASTE INUNDATION INVASIVE SPECIES JOINT IMPLEMENTATION JUVENILE FISH LAND AREA LAND CLEARING LAND SUBSIDENCE MANGROVE MANGROVES MAP DESIGN MARINE AREAS MARINE ECOSYSTEMS MARINE ENVIRONMENT MARINE ENVIRONMENTS MARINE HABITAT MARINE HABITATS MARINE MAMMALS MARINE POLLUTION MARINE PROTECTED AREAS MARINE RESOURCES MARPOL MARSH MINERALS MITIGATION NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCES OCEAN CURRENTS OCEANS OIL OIL REFINERIES OIL SPILLS OVERFISHING PETROLEUM PHOSPHATES POINT POLLUTION POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH RECYCLING RESOURCE USE RIVER SYSTEMS RIVERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAND SCIENCES SEA SEA LEVEL SEA LEVEL RISE SEAS SHORELINE SHRIMP SOUTHERN AFRICA STORM SURGES SUBSIDENCE SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TIMBER TRAWLERS WASTE DISPOSAL WATERSHEDS WAVES WEST WEST AFRICA WIND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT COASTAL ECOLOGY MARINE BIOLOGY INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC COORDINATION MECHANISMS INVESTMENTS TRADITIONAL FISHERMAN INTERVENTION STRATEGIES INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING The trends toward ecosystem degradation and social change are affecting coastal areas around the world, not least in Sub-Saharan Africa. The crisis affecting this region's coastal and marine areas requires an urgent and resolute response from the global community. This report details the challenges facing coastal and marine environments in Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes the World Bank's strategy for supporting sustainable development in the sector, while stressing an integrated approach to coastal management in Sub-Saharan Africa, which will be strategic in design, with both traditional investments in fisheries, or coastal biodiversity, and creative interventions for making large-scale investments in infrastructure, or water "coastal friendly", to avert impacts, while bringing tangible benefits to coastal populations, and ecosystems. 2013-06-27T20:17:12Z 2013-06-27T20:17:12Z 2002-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/1981828/managing-marine-coastal-environment-sub-saharan-africa-strategic-directions-sustainable-development 0-8213-5169-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14268 English en_US Directions in Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic AGRICULTURE
AQUACULTURE
BAYS
BEACH
BEACH EROSION
BEACHES
BIODIVERSITY
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
BIOMASS
BOUNDARIES
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COASTAL AREAS
COASTAL COMMUNITIES
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT
COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
COASTAL EROSION
COASTAL MANAGEMENT
COASTAL PROCESSES
COASTAL REGIONS
COASTAL RESOURCES
COASTAL WETLANDS
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
COASTS
COMMERCIAL FISHING
CONSERVATION
CONSTRUCTION
CORAL REEFS
CREEKS
CURRENTS
DEBRIS
DEFORESTATION
EARTH
EAST AFRICA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECOSYSTEM
EFFLUENTS
EL NINO
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
EROSION CONTROL
ESTUARIES
FISH
FISHERIES
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
FISHERS
FISHERY
FISHING
FISHING FLEET
FISHING VESSELS
FLOODING
FLOODS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FORESTS
FOSSIL FUELS
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GRAVEL
HUMAN ACTIVITIES
HUMAN ACTIVITY
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INUNDATION
INVASIVE SPECIES
JOINT IMPLEMENTATION
JUVENILE FISH
LAND AREA
LAND CLEARING
LAND SUBSIDENCE
MANGROVE
MANGROVES
MAP DESIGN
MARINE AREAS
MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
MARINE ENVIRONMENT
MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
MARINE HABITAT
MARINE HABITATS
MARINE MAMMALS
MARINE POLLUTION
MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
MARINE RESOURCES
MARPOL
MARSH
MINERALS
MITIGATION
NATURAL RESOURCE BASE
NATURAL RESOURCES
OCEAN CURRENTS
OCEANS
OIL
OIL REFINERIES
OIL SPILLS
OVERFISHING
PETROLEUM
PHOSPHATES
POINT
POLLUTION
POPULATION DENSITIES
POPULATION GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC HEALTH
RECYCLING
RESOURCE USE
RIVER SYSTEMS
RIVERS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SAND
SCIENCES
SEA
SEA LEVEL
SEA LEVEL RISE
SEAS
SHORELINE
SHRIMP
SOUTHERN AFRICA
STORM SURGES
SUBSIDENCE
SURFACE WATER
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE USE
TIMBER
TRAWLERS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WATERSHEDS
WAVES
WEST
WEST AFRICA
WIND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
COASTAL ECOLOGY
MARINE BIOLOGY
INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIC COORDINATION MECHANISMS
INVESTMENTS
TRADITIONAL FISHERMAN
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES
INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
spellingShingle AGRICULTURE
AQUACULTURE
BAYS
BEACH
BEACH EROSION
BEACHES
BIODIVERSITY
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
BIOMASS
BOUNDARIES
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COASTAL AREAS
COASTAL COMMUNITIES
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT
COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
COASTAL EROSION
COASTAL MANAGEMENT
COASTAL PROCESSES
COASTAL REGIONS
COASTAL RESOURCES
COASTAL WETLANDS
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
COASTS
COMMERCIAL FISHING
CONSERVATION
CONSTRUCTION
CORAL REEFS
CREEKS
CURRENTS
DEBRIS
DEFORESTATION
EARTH
EAST AFRICA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECOSYSTEM
EFFLUENTS
EL NINO
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
EROSION CONTROL
ESTUARIES
FISH
FISHERIES
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
FISHERS
FISHERY
FISHING
FISHING FLEET
FISHING VESSELS
FLOODING
FLOODS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FORESTS
FOSSIL FUELS
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GRAVEL
HUMAN ACTIVITIES
HUMAN ACTIVITY
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INUNDATION
INVASIVE SPECIES
JOINT IMPLEMENTATION
JUVENILE FISH
LAND AREA
LAND CLEARING
LAND SUBSIDENCE
MANGROVE
MANGROVES
MAP DESIGN
MARINE AREAS
MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
MARINE ENVIRONMENT
MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
MARINE HABITAT
MARINE HABITATS
MARINE MAMMALS
MARINE POLLUTION
MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
MARINE RESOURCES
MARPOL
MARSH
MINERALS
MITIGATION
NATURAL RESOURCE BASE
NATURAL RESOURCES
OCEAN CURRENTS
OCEANS
OIL
OIL REFINERIES
OIL SPILLS
OVERFISHING
PETROLEUM
PHOSPHATES
POINT
POLLUTION
POPULATION DENSITIES
POPULATION GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC HEALTH
RECYCLING
RESOURCE USE
RIVER SYSTEMS
RIVERS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SAND
SCIENCES
SEA
SEA LEVEL
SEA LEVEL RISE
SEAS
SHORELINE
SHRIMP
SOUTHERN AFRICA
STORM SURGES
SUBSIDENCE
SURFACE WATER
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE USE
TIMBER
TRAWLERS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WATERSHEDS
WAVES
WEST
WEST AFRICA
WIND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
COASTAL ECOLOGY
MARINE BIOLOGY
INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIC COORDINATION MECHANISMS
INVESTMENTS
TRADITIONAL FISHERMAN
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES
INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
Hewawasam, Indu
Managing the Marine and Coastal Environment of Sub-Saharan Africa : Strategic Directions for Sustainable Development
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relation Directions in Development;
description The trends toward ecosystem degradation and social change are affecting coastal areas around the world, not least in Sub-Saharan Africa. The crisis affecting this region's coastal and marine areas requires an urgent and resolute response from the global community. This report details the challenges facing coastal and marine environments in Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes the World Bank's strategy for supporting sustainable development in the sector, while stressing an integrated approach to coastal management in Sub-Saharan Africa, which will be strategic in design, with both traditional investments in fisheries, or coastal biodiversity, and creative interventions for making large-scale investments in infrastructure, or water "coastal friendly", to avert impacts, while bringing tangible benefits to coastal populations, and ecosystems.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Hewawasam, Indu
author_facet Hewawasam, Indu
author_sort Hewawasam, Indu
title Managing the Marine and Coastal Environment of Sub-Saharan Africa : Strategic Directions for Sustainable Development
title_short Managing the Marine and Coastal Environment of Sub-Saharan Africa : Strategic Directions for Sustainable Development
title_full Managing the Marine and Coastal Environment of Sub-Saharan Africa : Strategic Directions for Sustainable Development
title_fullStr Managing the Marine and Coastal Environment of Sub-Saharan Africa : Strategic Directions for Sustainable Development
title_full_unstemmed Managing the Marine and Coastal Environment of Sub-Saharan Africa : Strategic Directions for Sustainable Development
title_sort managing the marine and coastal environment of sub-saharan africa : strategic directions for sustainable development
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/1981828/managing-marine-coastal-environment-sub-saharan-africa-strategic-directions-sustainable-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14268
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