Sustainable ocean governance a geographical perspective - Vallega, Adalberto (Routledge, 2002)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-265) and index
Science and policy facing the ocean -- - A profound watershed in the role of the ocean -- - Modern society and the challenge of the ocean -- - The post-modern scientific approach -- - Science for post-modern visions -- - The ocean and Agenda 21 -- - The ocean ecosystem: the abiotic component -- - Global change and the ocean ecosystem -- - Impacts from plate tectonics -- - Role of continental margins -- - Ocean governance in relation to plates and margins -- - Impacts from the water column -- - Atmosphere--ocean interaction: waves -- - Atmosphere--ocean interaction: wind-driven ocean circulation -- - A special issue: El Nino -- - Conclusion: the hydrological cycle -- - The ocean ecosystem as the focus of governance -- - The ocean ecosystem -- - Focus on biocenosis -- - The ecosystem's properties -- - Classifying ecosystems -- - Geographical scales of ocean ecosystems -- - Legal frameworks and management patterns -- - Zoning the ocean ecosystem -- - Legal and jurisdictional frameworks -- - A leading chain of impacts -- - Legal background -- - Setting of the legal framework -- - Geographical coverage: an overview -- - Maritime jurisdictional context -- - The ocean under international regime -- - Zoning the ocean: the legal inputs -- - Coastal area and deep-ocean: defining the boundaries -- - Governance patterns: the coastal area -- - Governance patterns: the deep-ocean -- - Governance patterns: the regional seas -- - The role of ocean resources -- - A resource reservoir -- - Development of ocean uses -- - Science in relation to ocean exploitation -- - Key ocean uses -- - A geographical view