ICZM Oder – Research for an Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Oder Estuary Region

Period: May 2007 - February 2008
Supported by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Bonn
Cooperation Partners: Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde (IOW), (Koordinator)
Hochschule Neubrandenburg, Landschaftsarchitektur und Umweltplanung
Universität Greifswald, Lehrstuhl für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeographie
Universität Rostock, Ostseeinstitut für Seerecht und Umweltrecht (OSU)
Leibniz-Institut für ökologische Raumentwicklung e.V. (IÖR),
DresdenLeibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei Berlin (IGB)
Universität Oldenburg, Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres (ICBM)
Institut für Angewandte Ökologie GmbH (IfAÖ), Neu Broderstorf
ARCADIS Consult GmbH
EUCC - Die Küsten Union Deutschland e.V.

Involved IÖW employees: Ulrich Petschow, Dr. Jesko Hirschfeld (Project leader IÖW)

Description

The Oder Estuary is a rural region at the German-Polish border. It has great ecological and recreational potential. The region suffers from economic and social problems and a steep gradient between West and East and between coastline and hinterland. Tourism development is one of the positive prospects – but it is depended on the quality of ecosystem services and is in conflict with other land uses (see www.ikzm-oder.de). The IÖW prepared a working paper on Methods of Socio-economic Analysis for the Assessment of Integrated Costal Zone Management Options, which was published in Schernewski, Glaeser, Scheibe, Sekścińska & Thamm (eds.): Coastal development: The Oder estuary and beyond Coastline Report No. 8 (2007), S. 191 – 201. It serves as a conceptual basis for further work in the following project IKZM-Oder III

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Topic: Water and Land Management, Evaluation and Assessment, Environmental Policy and Governance, Participation and Communication
Research field: Ecological Economics and Environmental Policy

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