Implementing climate change policies consistent with integrated coastal zone management : a case study of Victoria, Australia
Wescott, Geoff 2010, Implementing climate change policies consistent with integrated coastal zone management : a case study of Victoria, Australia, in Proceedings of the 2010 International Symposium on Coastal Zones and Climate Change : Assessing the Impacts and Developing Adaption Strategies, School of Applied Sciences and Engineering, Monash University, Churchill, Vic., pp. 385-394.
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Implementing climate change policies consistent with integrated coastal zone management : a case study of Victoria, Australia
International Symposium on Coastal Zones and Climate Change
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385
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394
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10
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School of Applied Sciences and Engineering, Monash University
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Churchill, Vic.
Summary
Whilst the proliferation of publications on climate change science is remarkable and makes the updating of responses to impacts of climate change on coastal environments daunting, the area of policy responses is even more confusing and complex. This is because policy responses do not need to consider the science of climate change alone but also have to weigh up the social and economic implications of the impact of climate change on coastal communities. In a federated nation such as Australia this has the added complication of three tiers of Government (Federal, State and local) having to interact in order to co-ordinate any policy responses. These complications should be aided by the internationally accepted concept of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) which has been prevalent in Australian coastal planning and management for several decades. This paper uses the State of Victoria, Australia as a case study of how Governments are responding to these challenges through using the principles of ICZM. The paper will review recent inquires and investigations in Australia and canvas the policy responses to these reviews, concentrating on the State of Victoria. The paper analyses how consistent these evolving policy responses are with ICZM and suggests lessons for other jurisdictions arising from the Victorian experience.
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