Background, conceptual structure and organizational-administrative establishing of a 'sustainable development strategy' for Coral Islands
| Autor: | Christoph Preu, Carl Engelbrecht |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Sustainable development
education.field_of_study geography.geographical_feature_category Land use business.industry Geography Planning and Development Population Environmental resource management Subsistence agriculture Natural resource Geography Sustainability Archipelago education business Environmental degradation |
| Zdroj: | GeoJournal. 33:433-442 |
| ISSN: | 1572-9893 0343-2521 |
| Popis: | Minitope coral islands represent one third of the islands located in the tropical Indo-Pacific. Subsistence farming and extensive agriculture dominate the traditional structure of income. As the lack of natural resources, infrastructure and capital restrict the developmental changes, the islands' “natural environment” has been utilized as “economic potential”. Planning and realization of land use systems introduced have, however, often been based on an insufficient data basis and have often inadequately considered the consequences of human impacts on the natural environment and its controlling factors. The result was environmental degradation and “ecological destruction”, affecting also the population's socioeconomic situation and in some cases rendering alternative land use impossible. Therefore, the long-term utilization of coral islands and, hence, the economic development of those countries require a specific development strategy. Based on the environmental and socioeconomic consequences of touristic utilization of coral islands in the Maldivian Archipelago, the model for a “sustainable development strategy” and its aims are derived, and the objectives, the conceptual structure, and the way of establishing them organizationally and administratively are presented. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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