Contested Forms of Governance in Marine Protected Areas: A Study of Co-Management and Adaptive Co-Management

by Tim Gray, Natalie Bown, Selina Stead, et al.

In this book, the authors examine the governance of marine protected areas (MPA), and in particular they compare two different forms of governance - co-management (CM) and adaptive co-management (ACM). CM is characterized by the decentralization of the decision-making process, incorporating the governed as well as the government. ACM is characterized by the dynamic process whereby co-management decision-making is made continuously responsive to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138097497
• ISBN13: 9781138097490
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"