ABSTRACT
As the need to implement the rationale of coastal area management has been spread throughout the developed and developing worlds, particularly to give impetus to environmental protection and preservation [Levy, 1988; Kenchington, 1990, 60-74], management systems have been given increasing attention in the literature. In this context efforts have been made to relate decision-making systems to the goals of coastal management. To this end Mitchell [1982, 308-310] formulated a three dimensional model. The first axis represents the policy structure variables: management patterns range from “strong national and/or regional government control” to the exclusive role of private interest groups. The second axis refers to administrative variables: they range from bodies and agencies engaged in substantive problems-such as coastal erosion, waterfront development-to agencies and bodies “with broad functional respon sibilities such as economic development, transportation, or land planning”. The third axis pertains to policy orientation: in this context economic develop ment and environmental protection and preservation are the extremes of the range. The result is that each management system has a role due to its place in the diagram, i.e. according to how much it is influenced by private or public ad ministrative interests, deals more or less with specific concerns, and aims at im plementing uses or protecting the environment.
