Note: Front Cover -- Coastal Zones -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I - Facing the Challenges -- Chapter 1 - Paradigm Shifts, Coastal Zones, and Adaptation to Fast-Paced Change: Moving Toward Transdisciplinary Community-Centered Approaches -- INTRODUCTION -- ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AS A CASE STUDY -- MOVING TOWARD THIS PARADIGM SHIFT: A GAP ANALYSIS AND ASSOCIATED RATIONALE -- IMPLEMENTING SUCH A PARADIGM SHIFT: THE ARTISTICC PROJECT -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 2 - Transfer of Knowledge and Mutual Learning on the Canadian Atlantic Coast -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS AND STUDY AREA -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 3 - Coastal Population and Land Use Changes in Europe: Challenges for a Sustainable Future -- INTRODUCTION -- LAND USE CHANGES IN THE COAST -- CONCLUSIONS: CHALLENGES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 4 - Human Frontiers: An Act of Smuggling Across Social Borders -- FRONTIERS: CONCRETE AND REAL -- BORDER PARAMETERS OF DIFFERENTIATION -- SMUGGLERS -- REFERENCES -- Part II - Developing Solutions: Challenges for Communities in the Context of Global Change -- Chapter 5 - Sustainable Mariculture at High Latitudes -- INTRODUCTION -- MARICULTURE -- REGIONS OF RESTRICTED EXCHANGE -- CARRYING CAPACITIES -- SCALES -- SOCIALLY DETERMINED CARRYING CAPACITY -- REGULATION OF MARICULTURE IN SCOTLAND -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 6 - Coastal Governance Solutions Development in Latvia: Collaboration Communication and Indicator Systems -- INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND -- COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION MODEL FOR COASTAL DEVELOPMENT -- FOUR-PART COASTAL COMMUNICATION: CLIMATE CHANGE AND RISK APPLICATIONS -- INDICATOR SYSTEMS FOR COASTAL COMMUNICATION AND GOVERNANCE. , COASTAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK: COASTAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 7 - Geoengineering Coastlines? From Accidental to Intentional -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- ALONGSHORE CONNECTIONS: COMMUNITIES AFFECT EACH OTHER -- CHRONIC VERSUS ACUTE: ONGOING EROSION AND STORM IMPACTS -- TEMPORAL SCALE -- JURISDICTIONAL DIVISIONS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 8 - Remote Sensing Solutions to Monitor Biotic and Abiotic Dynamics in Coastal Ecosystems -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- CASE STUDIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 9 - Managing Adaptation to Changing Climate in Coastal Zones -- INTRODUCTION -- THE C-CHANGE PROJECT -- ENVIRONMENTAL, POLICY, AND RESEARCH CHALLENGES -- SOLUTIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- GLOSSARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 10 - Sustainability of Artificial Coasts: The Barcelona Coast Case -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BARCELONA COAST -- COASTAL STRATEGIES -- SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 11 - Protected Shores Contaminated with Plastic: From Knowledge to Action -- INTRODUCTION -- PLASTIC DEBRIS THREATENS PROTECTED AREAS -- WHY PLASTIC POLLUTION? -- MOVING FROM KNOWLEDGE TO ACTION TO FACE THE PLASTIC DEBRIS CHALLENGE -- REFERENCES -- Part III - Local Management of Common-Pool Resources -- Chapter 12 - Challenges to Sustainable Development along Peruvian Coastal Zones -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION: WHAT ARE THE MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS FOR PERUVIAN COASTAL ZONES? -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 13 - Solutions for Sustainable Coastal Lagoon Management: From Conflict to the Implementation of a Consensual Decision Tree for Artificial Opening -- INTRODUCTION. , A LONG CONFLICT IN A PROTECTED AREA -- DEVELOPING SOCIAL, HYDROLOGICAL, AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKING -- A CONSENSUAL DECISION MODEL FOR THE ARTIFICIAL OPENING OF THE SANDBAR -- CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 14 - Challenges to Evaluating Coastal Management in the Twenty-First Century: Lessons from the Lofoten Archipelago -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEWING THE EVALUATION OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT -- CHALLENGES TO EVALUATING COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- LOFOTEN'S OIL: THE CHALLENGES OF EVALUATING COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF UNCERTAINTY AND CONTENTIOUSNESS -- GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVES PROVIDING NEW NORMS OF EVALUATION FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 15 - Motivation for the Viability of the Lobster Fishery: Case Study of the Acadian Coast of New Brunswick -- INTRODUCTION -- TERRITORIAL APPROACH OF MANAGEMENT: THE CHALLENGES ON THE ACADIAN COAST -- SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL APPROACH: WHAT IS THE CONNECTION? -- REPRESENTATIONS: WHAT DO WE MEAN BY SUSTAINABILITY OF THE INDUSTRY? -- INTEGRATING TERRITORIAL AND SES APPROACHES: OPPORTUNITIES? -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- REFERENCE -- Chapter 16 - Lobster Fisheries in Atlantic Canada in the Face of Climate and Environmental Changes: Can We Talk About Sustainability of These Coastal Communities? -- INTRODUCTION -- CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN ATLANTIC CANADA -- LINKING THE LOBSTER TO CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES -- OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS -- STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 17 - Universities as Solutions to Twenty-First Century Coastal Challenges: Lessons from Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar University -- INTRODUCTION -- THE TRANSFORMATION OF COASTAL AREAS IN WEST AFRICA. , COASTAL ZONES AS COMPLEX SYSTEMS -- THE EVOLUTION OF SCIENCE AT CHEIKH ANTA DIOP UNIVERSITY -- REFERENCES -- Making the Link -- Chapter 18 - Engaging Local Communities for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study in Quebec, Canada -- INTRODUCTION -- COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CAPACITY BUILDING -- PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH -- METHOD OF EVALUATION BY GROUP FACILITATION -- INITIATING COMMUNITY PLANNING FOR RESILIENCE IN BONAVENTURE -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 19 - Conclusion -- APPENDIX - INPUT FOR THE COMPILATION DOCUMENT FROM THE "COASTAL ZONES: 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES" WORKING GROUP -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- REMINDER -- Index.