Sustainable Coasts? Public and Scientific Perceptions of Drivers Affecting Coastal Zone Management and Ecosystem Services, 2016

• Main Author: Kaltenborn, Bjørn Petter
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NSD - Norwegian Centre for Research Data 2021
• Subjects: Sosial endring; Energi og naturressurser; Naturlandskap; Miljø og naturforvaltning; NATUR OG MILJØ; Helgeland; Norway; Svalbard; Tromsø; Nordland; Alaska; University of Tromsø
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18712/nsd-nsd2891-v1; http://search.nsd.no/study/NSD2891/?version=1

The research project 'Coastchange' was carried out on behalf of the Research Council of Norway and was led by the Norwegian Institute for Natural Research (NINA). The purpose of the project is to analyze the driving forces behind changes in coastal areas in the north, and how this can affect the environment and society. With a focus on the Helgeland coast and Svalbard, they investigated how different groups in society experience and perceive natural and social change processes and what needs this entails for change. The data consists of attitudes to business development, environmental changes, public services, societal challenges and security / emergency preparedness. The project is social science and interdisciplinary. Collaborating partners in Norway are NINA, Nord University, Nordland Research Institute and the University of Tromsø. In addition, they collaborated with the University of Alaska (USA) and the University of the Highlands and Islands (Scotland). The starting point of the project was that changes in the coastal zone on the one hand can create challenges and conflicts related to land use and conservation of ecosystems, and on the other hand these changes can create opportunities for economic development and contribute to innovation and new thinking around established management models. A better understanding of how industries, media, researchers and managers at various levels, among others, think about changes in their environment can contribute important information to the management system, decision-making processes and private-public cooperation in resource management. The main question that was asked was: To what extent is there a consensus in perceptions about driving forces behind changes in ecosystems in coastal areas as expressed by parts of business, public administration and research environments, and what are the implications of this complexity in perceptions for local communities and resource management?