Transforming Sustainability thru Adaptive Co-Management: A Critique of Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan

<p>To achieve true sustainability, planners must balance the interests of environmental protection, economic development, and social equity. In a critically changing, complex ecosystem such as Louisiana’s coast, challenges to achieve the perfect equilibrium are further compounded. Following the logic of emerging adaptive co-management literature, the planning framework for Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan could be transformed into a more collaborative, democratic process. Adaptive co-management is a regime which provides power to local citizens, often in possession of invaluable traditional ecological knowledge. In general, it focuses on constant learning and collaboration. Through power-sharing and participatory action, we embrace science, but step back from technocracy. We utilize local knowledge, and combine it with expertise.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.U.R.P.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis-Restricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Planning and Urban Studies

Year

2012

Author dc:creator

• Sand, Melanie G.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Earthea Nance
• Marla Nelson
• Kristina Peterson

• Environmental Planning
• Louisiana’s Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast
• Adaptive Co-Management
• Coastal Management
• Sustainability
• Citizen Participation
• Urban Studies and Planning

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1512

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-2544