Decision-making Processes in the Management of Coastal Commons: Case Studies from the Caribbean

dc.contributor.authorThebaud, Olivieren_US
dc.contributor.authorRenard, Yvesen_US
dc.coverage.countryMartinique, St. Luciaen_US
dc.coverage.regionCentral America & Caribbeanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:33:24Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:33:24Z
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.date.submitted2008-05-09en_US
dc.date.submitted2008-05-09en_US
dc.description.abstract"The paper focuses on Coastal Zone Management issues in the small Caribbean islands of Martinique and Saint-Lucia, and underlines the importance of understanding decision-making processes in the implementation of collective measures to regulate the access to and use of coastal resources. The two islands appear to face similar problems linked to the increase and diversification of the demand for these resources. Multiple activities, particularly tourism and leisure activities, have developed in recent years, both on land and at sea, together with growing urbanization and the concentration of communication infrastructures in the sea shore. Despite new and strengthened public regulations, there appears to be an increase in the number of conflictual situations, and a growing need for more efficient collective management of the coastal areas. "Reference is made to a study led in Martinique in 1993 under an IFREMER (Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer) research programme concerning coastal conflicts analysis, and to the work done by CANARI (Caribbean Natural Resources Institute) in both the analysis of conflicts and the provision of assistance in the definition of a regional management program for the district of Soufriere in Saint-Lucia. In the case of Martinique, the study showed that effective management of coastal areas as public property on the island did not result of integrated decision making, more or less efficiently implemented through a single decision-maker's actions, but rather of simultaneous interactions between different actors involved in coastal use. This has led to situations of free access and conflicts, which are managed through locally devised, collective regulation systems, following general public land management principles. The case of Soufriere, where a specific institutions integrating local activities into a collective regulation system was created, gives an illustration of the negotiation process and problems encountered in the tackling the establishment of practical rules of access to and use of coastal resources."en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdatesMay 24-28, 1995en_US
dc.identifier.citationconferenceReinventing the Commons, the Fifth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Propertyen_US
dc.identifier.citationconflocBodoe, Norwayen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/971
dc.subjectIASCen_US
dc.subjectcommon pool resourcesen_US
dc.subjectfisheriesen_US
dc.subjectcoastal regionsen_US
dc.subjectmonitoring and sanctioningen_US
dc.subjectmultiple useen_US
dc.subjectconflict resolutionen_US
dc.subject.sectorFisheriesen_US
dc.subject.sectorWater Resource & Irrigationen_US
dc.submitter.emailefcastle@indiana.eduen_US
dc.titleDecision-making Processes in the Management of Coastal Commons: Case Studies from the Caribbeanen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US

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