Problem
Lack of coastal development
Other Names:
Neglected marine coastal resources of countriesUndeveloped coastal zones
Nature:
The development potential of coastal zones includes: fish and products of mariculture for the local population or for export; energy; water; and contributions to land-based agriculture. The conservation of marine life, coastal conservation and the control of marine pollution assume great importance in this context.
Incidence:
[Small island developing states] Lack of effective exploitation of island developing countries coastal zones, including reefs, increases the need for imports and decreases food security; and lack of integration of marine space utilization and sea resources into national development strategies affects a large number of sectoral roles, such as agriculture, energy and environmental management. In many areas of great potential importance to the self-reliant development of island developing countries, such as mariculture, polyculture, energy and coastal transport, development efforts may well take a decade or more to ripen into substantial value-adding and other economic gains.
Broader Problems:
Insufficient use of natural resourcesUnderdevelopment of industrial and economic activities Narrower Problems:
Underdevelopment of fishing industry Related Problems:
Lack of integrated marine resource managementObstacles to the utilization of coastal and deep sea water resources Strategies:
Managing coastsAssisting developing countries' ocean fisheriesMapping ocean resourcesDeveloping coastal zonesDeveloping coastal resource planningAbstaining from coastal development Subject(s):
Development → Development Geology → Land and coastal forms
Oceanography → Marine
Resources → Resources
Societal Problems → Deprivation
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
22.05.2019 – 16:40 CEST