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Towards a framework to support coastal change governance in small islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2018

MARION GLASER ,
ANNETTE BRECKWOLDT ,
TIM J.B. CARRUTHERS ,
DONALD L. FORBES ,
SIMON COSTANZO ,
HEATH KELSEY ,
RAMESH RAMACHANDRAN  and
SELINA STEAD
MARION GLASER
Affiliation:
Social–ecological Systems Analysis, Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
ANNETTE BRECKWOLDT*
Affiliation:
Social–ecological Systems Analysis, Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany
TIM J.B. CARRUTHERS
Affiliation:
The Water Institute of the Gulf, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
DONALD L. FORBES
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL, Canada
SIMON COSTANZO
Affiliation:
Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD, USA
HEATH KELSEY
Affiliation:
Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD, USA
RAMESH RAMACHANDRAN
Affiliation:
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chennai, India
SELINA STEAD
Affiliation:
School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
*
*Correspondence: Dr Annette Breckwoldt email: [email protected]
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Summary

Small islands can guide visualization of the diverse information requirements of future context-relevant coastal governance. On small marine islands (<20 000 km2), negative effects of coastal challenges (e.g., related to population growth, unsustainable resource use or climate change) can develop rapidly, with high intensity and extreme impacts. The smallest and most remote islands within small-island states and small islands in larger states can be threatened by intrinsic governance factors, typically resulting in access to fewer resources than larger islands or administrative centres. For these reasons, efforts to support coastal change governance are critical and need to be targeted. We propose a conceptual framework that distinguishes key governance-related components of small-island social–ecological systems (SESs). To prioritize areas of vulnerability and opportunity, physical, ecological, social, economic and governance attributes are visualized to help show the ability of different types of small-island SESs to adapt, or be transformed, in the face of global and local change. Application of the framework to an Indonesian archipelago illustrates examples of local rule enforcement supporting local self-organized marine governance. Visualization of complex and interconnected social, environmental and economic changes in small-island SESs provides a better understanding of the vulnerabilities and opportunities related to context-specific governance.

Keywords

islandscoastal and marine managementcoastal changeenvironmental governanceconceptual frameworksmall-island social–ecological systemscoastal transformationcontext-specific governancegovernance attributes
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 45 , Issue 3: Thematic section. Humans and Island Environments , September 2018 , pp. 227 - 237
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2018 

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