Aquatic Pollution and Coastal Management

Unit 14 : Coastal zone management and information system

14.3.What is ICZM?
The place where sectors meet, agencies talk, when participation occurs and where conflicts are resolved.
Coordination of different agencies, resources and developmental activities.

Three Dimensions to Integrated Coastal Zone Management
The concept of integrated management of human activities within a sovereign nation has three major dimensions, namely:

• The Vertical Integration of the process of governance in the form of policies, management arrangements and development plans from national through to local levels of government including community based approaches to coastal management.
• The Horizontal Integration of policies, management arrangements and development plans across national, provincial, district and more local levels of government as well as among different interest groups with common interest in coastal areas and resources and
• The consistent Integration of sustainable development strategies through time.

General Principles

• Work with natural processes
• Take geographically wide-ranging systems perspective
• Develop a clear mission statement
• Ensure support and involvement of all administrative level
• Work towards consensus
• Use participatory planning based on effective communication
• Explicitly acknowledge the uncertainty of future conditions and build flexibility into the planning processes.

Our Perception

• Fusion of social and natural science
• Problem oriented integrated approach
• Percolation of concept of integrated management among the Sectoral users.
• Concept of ecosystems for sustainable developments
• Information sharing