ABSTRACT
This comprehensive handbook provides a detailed and unique overview of current thinking about marine governance in the context of global environmental change.
Many of the most profound impacts of global environmental change, and climate change in particular, will occur in the oceans. It is vital that we consider the role of marine governance in adapting to and mitigating these impacts. This comprehensive handbook provides a thorough review of current thinking about marine environmental governance, including law and policy, in the context of global environmental change. Initial chapters describe international law, regimes, and leadership in marine environmental governance, in the process considering how existing regimes for climate change and the oceans should and can be coordinated. This is followed by an exploration of the role of non-state actors, including scientists, nongovernmental organisations, and corporations. The next section includes a collection of chapters highlighting governance schemes in a variety of marine environments and regions, including coastlines, islands, coral reefs, the open ocean, and regional seas. Subsequent chapters examine emerging issues in marine governance, including plastic pollution, maritime transport, sustainable development, environmental justice, and human rights.
Providing a definitive overview, the Routledge Handbook of Marine Governance and Global Environmental Change is suitable for advanced students in marine and environmental governance, environmental law and policy, and climate change, as well as practitioners, activists, stakeholders, and others concerned about the world’s oceans and seas.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|14 pages
Introduction
part 2|70 pages
International law, regimes, and leadership in marine environmental governance
chapter 3|11 pages
The climate-oceans nexus
part 3|52 pages
Non-state actors in marine environmental governance
chapter 10|11 pages
Private governance
part 4|114 pages
Governing marine environments and regions
chapter 12|12 pages
Vulnerable nations and communities
chapter 13|13 pages
Coastlines and nearshore habitats
chapter 16|12 pages
Fisheries and aquaculture in Southeast Asia
chapter 18|11 pages
Governance of the Black Sea
chapter 20|12 pages
Oil pollution and black carbon in the Arctic
part 5|62 pages
Emerging issues in environmentally sustainable marine governance
chapter 22|10 pages
Plastic pollution
chapter 23|12 pages
Maritime commerce and transport
chapter 24|11 pages
Global change and the development of sustainable floating cities
chapter 25|13 pages
Oceans and seas for sustainable development
chapter 26|14 pages
Ethics, justice, and human rights
part 6|9 pages
Conclusion