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Problems of cross-scale coastal management in Scandinavia

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Transdisciplinary knowledge integration and cross-scale management remain challenges in coastal management after several decades of research and experience with integrated and sustainable coastal management. The aim of this paper is to identify requirements for knowledge integration and development of multi-scale approaches to coastal management through reviewing and re-analysing three Swedish-European research projects: the SUCOZOMA project about sustainable coastal zone management, the FRAP project about conflicts between coastal fishery and species protection, and the SECOA project about solutions to contrasts in coastal metropolitan areas. The strategy of adaptive governance is considered in the light of its ability to assess knowledge requirements for sustainable resource management under conditions of climate change.

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The research for this paper has received funding from the European Commission (Seventh Framework Programme 2007–2013 under Grant Agreement no. 244251) for the project SECOA (Solutions to environmental contrasts in coastal areas). I thank Bernhard Glaeser, Marion Glaser and Rosemary Ommer for their comments and suggestions to improve the paper.

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Bruckmeier, K. Problems of cross-scale coastal management in Scandinavia. Reg Environ Change 14, 2151–2160 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-012-0378-2

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