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As we seek out the shores to work, play, and live, water quality continues to decline, critical habitat is lost, and the coastal environment becomes less and less healthy. Our tendency to prize the coasts but at the same time degrade them suggests that society is not adequately planning for the future. In short, human activity is oddly mismatched with the requirements of the natural system and many human values. This situation raises two important questions. Can people collectively decide to create a different future for coastal regions? If so, how do they go about it?
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Burroughs, R. (2011). Policy Process. In: Coastal Governance. Foundations of Contemporary Environmental Studies. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-016-3_2
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