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- Title
Critical reflections on a systems approach application in practice: a Baltic lagoon case study.
- Authors
McFadden, Loraine; Schernewski, Gerald
- Abstract
This paper contributes to our understanding of the challenges faced when seeking to apply systemic, integration concepts in 'arenas of practice'. It takes a critical look at the application of the systems-based SPICOSA Project in the region of the Oder (Szczecin) Lagoon, which forms the border between Germany and Poland. The paper highlights a range of place-based and temporal-based factors, which need careful consideration when adopting systems-based approaches to Integrated Coastal Zone Management and makes a series of recommendations for how such approaches might be approved. The experience within the study site was that challenges relating to scale, in one of its many facets, strongly influenced abilities to integrate within the systemic approach. Our view is that cross-scale issues and multi-level challenges can be thought of as one of the dominant factors controlling the successfulness of system approaches to managing complex environments.
- Subjects
GERMANY; POLAND; INTEGRATED coastal zone management; LAGOONS; COASTAL zone management
- Publication
Regional Environmental Change, 2014, Vol 14, Issue 6, p2115
- ISSN
1436-3798
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10113-012-0337-y