Demographic trends, the development of activities and infrastructures, together with the new risks associated with climate change, pose a major challenge for their safe and sustainable development, especially in coastal areas. Hence the need to contribute to the generation of specific institutional and public policy bases for the sustainable management and development of coastal-marine areas. This volume brings together the contributions of different specialists in the field of Integrated Coastal Zone Management, or Integrated Coastal Zone Management, who had the opportunity to meet at the International Seminar entitled "Reviewing Integrated Coastal Zone Management: Evolution of the conceptual and institutional framework; comparative analysis of experiences, models and strategies; recommendations and proposals for the future agenda", held in Valencia in 2009.... [Leer más...]