EEOS 324 – FALL ‘09
Coastal Zone
Management (CZM)
Instructor:
Prof. ANAMARIJA FRANKIĆ
Office Number: S/1/061; Hours: Tu-Th 1-3pm
Telephone: 74415
Nicoletta.Vianell001@umb.edu
Email Address: anamarija.frankic@umb.edu
Web Page: CZM Syllabus, classes, assignments
http://alpha.es.umb.edu/faculty/af/frankic.html
Department Website: http://www.es.umb.edu/
COURSE OUTLINE
September 8 – December 15
Lectures: Tu-Th 9:30-10:45
• Defining the coastal area; coastal facts; their unique
characteristics; coastal ecosystems and biodiversity – can we
zone them? And why do we zone coasts and oceans?
• Brief history of coastal zone management & planning
• CZM in USA: A federally funded and approved state program
under the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972.
The program reviews federal permitting, licensing, funding,
and development activities in the coastal zone for
consistency with state policies.
COURSE OUTLINE cont.
• Coastal management issues (e.g. uses of coastal
resources: conflicts and solutions)
• Concept of coastal zone management &
planning: ecosystem based management,
comprehensive planning; guidelines; institutional
arrangements; implementation; monitoring; and
evaluation;
• Case studies – ‘good, bad and ugly’…40 years of
CZM…? (examples from Boston Harbor, Croatia,
to Zanzibar…)
Course Assignments:
#1 Nature Case Study (5 pages max.) From a list of
Species/habitats of Concern in MA/New England;
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/nhesp.htm
student is required to develop a profile for an animal/plant
species or habitat and the ecosystem based management
regime that has been established to protect the animal/plant
or habitat. This profile should include the following
information:
1) general information on the “life cycle/ecology” of the species/habitat;
2) general characterization of the abundance and distribution of the
species or habitat;
3) a characterization of the habitat needs/requirements and/or migration
patterns of the species;
4) a characterization of the relevant ecosystem based management
related (and any other type of existing management) to the selected
species or habitat; and
5) a general overview and assessment of the future of selected species
or habitat in light of public policy.
#2 - Coastal Case Study (5 pages max.): the case
study should describe a particular issue or problem
facing a coastal environment preferable in MA
(e.g., wetland loss/restoration, beaches loss,
human health, biodiversity loss, brown fields, etc)
or region in terms of the available knowledge
(sciences) and technology, and the relevant state
and federal policies or programs that are currently
in place to address the issue you select as your
paper’s topic. Also, provide recommendations and
suggestions what would you do!
http://www.mass.gov/czm/
http://www.mass.gov/envir/massbays/pdf/sob2004.pdf
#3 - Policy Essay: 5-page “memo” should be
written as if the student is a policy analyst for a
state (e.g. MA CZM) or federal agency (e.g. EPA),
and should focus on: 1) a statement of the
problem, 2) how state or/and federal policy
addresses or fails to address the problem, and 3)
recommendations for program development in the
policy and management areas.
Problem examples: Impacts from the MWRA discharge to
Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays?
Levels of toxic contaminants in tissues of shellfish in Massachusetts and
Cape Cod Bays?
Restoration efforts and improvements to coastal wetland areas?
Invasive marine species in MA and Cape Code bays; local beaches and
human health risks;
Group Assignment
Establish 5-6 working groups – each group will
prepare their own ‘review’ and provide a ‘public
comment’ on the Draft MA Ocean Management
Plan, June 2009. Volume 1 and 2.
http://www.mass.gov/eoeea
• Working groups will start on Tu, 9-15;
• Draft outline and working group plan by 10-1;
• Presentations (use your own creativity) on
Tu 11-24;
Syllabus Schedule - Tentative
Class 1 – Introducing each other, discussion with students and survey questions
Class 2 – Introduction to CZM
Class 3&4 – Coastal ecosystems – natural process, coastal evolution, resiliency and health
Class 5– Review papers: ‘Valuing ocean ecosystems’ and ‘The value of the beach’
Class 6 – Coastal pressures, critical management issues and use conflict analysis - case examples, GIS
First field trip Th 9-24
First assignment due on Tu 9-29!
Class 7&8 – Review papers on coastal and ocean policies in MA
Class 9&10 - Federal Coastal Management Law and Policy
Class 11&12&13 –Regional and Global Coastal Management
Second field trip (TBA)
Second assignment due on Th 10-29!
Class 14&15&16 – Global climate change, sea level rise and coastal adaptive management
Class 17&18 - Evaluation and monitoring of CZM - Indicators (local, regional and global)
Class 19&20 – Fisheries issues & Sustainable aquaculture – case studies & step by step solution
Class 21- Sustainable tourism – case studies & step by step solution
Working group presentations on Tu 11-24!
Class 22&23 – MPAs – Example - Stellwagen Marine Sanctuary – conservation issues and management
Class 24&25 - renewable energies in coastal areas, and smart growth
Class 26&27 - facing the future – discussion on recommendations, solutions and future directions in integrated
coastal management
Third assignment due on Tu 12-8!
Take home final exam – Dec 16-22
http://www.na.unep.net/OnePlanetManyPeople
http://na.unep.net/digital_atlas2/google.php
Stories are best told by using images – ‘when we see
we believe’ – applications of GIS satellite images
(e.g. Landsat since 1973) contributed to change the
way we perceive the environment and environmental
changes;
http://www.na.unep.net/OnePlanetManyPeople/powerpoints.html
COASTAL FACTS
• The oceans cover 70 % of the planet’s surface area and marine and coastal
environments contain diverse habitats that support an abundance of marine
life; coastal zones account for 20 % of the world’s land area
•Approximately 2.7 billion people--over 40% of the world’s total population--currently
live in coastal cities. In 1995 alone, an estimated 50 million people migrated to the
coastal zones of the United States.
• In the USA about 153 million people live in coastal counties (an increase of 33
million since 1980), and additional 12 million are expected in the next decade (NOAA
2005, R. Spinrad)
• Coral reef ecosystems are increasingly being degraded and destroyed worldwide by a
variety of human activities and by global warming
• Global harvests for marine fisheries have been above 80 million tonnes per year
since the latter half of the 1980s, with peak of 87 million tonnes in 1997 and 2000
• Mangroves extend over 18 million hectares (44 million acres) worldwide, covering a
quarter of the world’s tropical coastlines
Our growing population
Global Population
Change from
1900-2000
Shrimp farms replacing mangroves in
Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras
1987-1999: shrimp farms
and ponds have
mushroomed, carpeting
the landscape around the
Gulf of Fonseca, in
blocks of blue and black
shapes
http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/One
PlanetManyPeople/THEMA
TIC/CoastalAreas.ppt#287,
5,Slide 5
Dramatic changes in
Huang He Delta, China
Images show the
mouth of the Yellow
River and the
emergence of a huge
parrot-headed
peninsula
• 1979-2000: Huang
He’s yellow color is
the result of huge
loads of sediments
Changes in Huang He Delta, China
• From 1989 to 1995
the Yellow River delta
area grew
• From 1995 to 2000
the Yellow River delta
area shrank
http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/On
ePlanetManyPeople/THE
MATIC/CoastalAreas.ppt#
290,8,Slide 8
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
http://www.na.unep.net/OnePlanetManyPeople/powerpoints.html
http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/OnePlanetManyPeople/REGIONAL/Africa.ppt#294,21
Lake Chad 1972
2001
Shrinking Lake Chad shared by
Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon
Persistent drought has
shrunk the lake to about
a tenth of its former size
• 1972: Larger lake surface
area is visible in this image
• 2001: Impact of drought
displays a shrunken lake,
comparatively much smaller
surface area than in 1972
image
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/weekinreview/08basic.html?ref=science
RETREATING The Aral Sea in Central Asia, left, in 1967, has shrunk by
75 percent to its present size, right, because of water diversions.
Latest coastal news & Environmental
Changes Atlas
• http://na.unep.net/digital_atlas2/google.php
• http://www.thew2o.net/oceanForum.html
• http://www.defyingoceansend.org/enews/articles/sept_
changingcurr.html
• http://www.sfu.ca/coastalstudies/changingcurrents.htm
• http://www.globaloceans.org/igr-2/index.html
• http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/indonesia/
aceh-andaman-tsunami-imagery.htm
• http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/weekinreview/08b
asic.html?ref=science