TY - JOUR
T1 - The social and political economy of coastal zone management
T2 - Shrimp mariculture in ecuador
AU - Meltzoff, Sarah Keene
N1 - Funding Information:
1. We wish to thank Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science for its major support of this work. We appreciate the Faculty Research Support Grant provided by the Office of the Provost, University of Miami, and made available through the University Research Council. We also wish to thank AID grant DPE-5542-G-SS-4022-00 titled Shrimp Pond Siting and Management Alternatives in Mangrove Ecosystems in Ecaudor and its PI, Samuel Snedaker. Enrique Lahmann and Melvin Brown provided insightful comments and companionship in the field; and Julio Ulloa thoughtfully offered introductions and his kind friends gave open receptions and help in Ecuador. We would like also to thank Enrique Lahmann, Ann Brittain, Alaka Walli, Sam Snedaker, Jens Sorensen, Joan Browder, Dennis Weidner and Bob Moss for comments on earlier drafts of this manuscript. 2. Our estimate that 75,000 hectares of mangroves have been cleared for shrimp pond production derives from a 1984 government figure of slightly more than 60,000 hectares. This figure has been increased by 15,000 hectares based on our estimate that 6,000 ha. have been cleared since the statistics were collected and that 11,000 ha do not appear in the government statistics because producers did not obtain a permit. See the section of Methodology and Field Research below.
PY - 1986/1/1
Y1 - 1986/1/1
N2 - The paper examines the applicability of First World CZM policy for the Third World by focusing on Ecuador's shrimp mariculture, an industry whose explosive growth has reshaped the coastal zone and generated problems threatening loss ofthe resource base itself. This has led to recognized need forCZM and movement by development agencies to transfer the CZ policies of developed countries. Against this background, the analysis explores local concepts of investment and conservation, the role of government and law, and the influence of the social economy on mariculture development. It illuminates howlocal use and management of coastal resources is inseparable from specifically Ecuadorean cultural concepts, institutions, and practices. This places in relief the salient differences between management in the First and Third Worlds, illuminating how coastal zone management must not only be internally consistent, but cognizant of and integrated into the prevailing social, economic, and political conditions.
AB - The paper examines the applicability of First World CZM policy for the Third World by focusing on Ecuador's shrimp mariculture, an industry whose explosive growth has reshaped the coastal zone and generated problems threatening loss ofthe resource base itself. This has led to recognized need forCZM and movement by development agencies to transfer the CZ policies of developed countries. Against this background, the analysis explores local concepts of investment and conservation, the role of government and law, and the influence of the social economy on mariculture development. It illuminates howlocal use and management of coastal resources is inseparable from specifically Ecuadorean cultural concepts, institutions, and practices. This places in relief the salient differences between management in the First and Third Worlds, illuminating how coastal zone management must not only be internally consistent, but cognizant of and integrated into the prevailing social, economic, and political conditions.
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U2 - 10.1080/08920758609362009
DO - 10.1080/08920758609362009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0022859220
VL - 14
SP - 349
EP - 380
JO - Coastal Management
JF - Coastal Management
SN - 0892-0753
IS - 4
ER -