Coastal and Marine Governance
This theme involves interdisciplinary research at the boundaries of social, ecological and physical sciences on coasts and ocean resources that involve complex social and ecological dynamics with governance at multiple scales. The research spans topics such as the role of marine protected areas in conservation, community resilience, coastal futures under climate change, and the critical role of ecosystem services in fishery and resource dependent societies and in coastal cities.
The research integrates where people live in coasts with the role of social drivers of stress on marine environments. The research spans global trends, micro-level studies of behaviour and well-being, and the specific issues of poverty and development in the global South, marine spatial planning and integrated ocean management. The research draws on political ecology, to social-ecological studies, embedded in the notions of coasts as ecological systems.
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This group includes academics from Business School, Centre for Ecology and Conservation (CEC), The Centre for Geography and Environmental Science, Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH), Geography, and the Law School.
» Neil Adger
» Manuel Barange
» Ian Bateman
» Steffen Böhm
» Annette Broderick
» Katrina Brown
» Catherine Caine
» Tomas Chaigneau
» Caitlin Desilvey
» Louisa Evans
» Ruth Garside
» Brendan Godley
» Julie Hawkins
» Peter Hopkinson
» Josh Martin
» Kristian Metcalfe
» Francis Neat
» Kyriaki Noussia
» Katie Orchel
» Richard Phillips
» Callum Roberts
» Iain Soutar
» Tim Taylor
» Rachel Turner
» Dunia Urrego
» Ben Wheeler
» Matthew Witt