Coasts under Stress : Restructuring and Social-Ecological Health.

Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- PART ONE: HOW WE GOT HERE: HISTORICAL RESTRUCTURING AND ITS SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL LEGACY -- 1 Introduction - What Stress? What Coasts? -- 2 A Social-Ecological History of Canada's Fisheries -- 3 Not Managing for Scarcity: Social-Ecological Issues in Contemporary Fisheries Management and Capture Practices -- 4 Social-Ecological Health and the History of the Forest Products Industry on Both Coasts -- 5 Social-Ecological Health and the History of Nonrenewable Resources on Both Coasts -- 6 Cross-Scale, Cross-Sector, and Cross-Purpose Issues: Overlap in the Coastal Zone -- PART TWO: THE HUMAN IMPACT OF RESTRUCTURING AND SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL HEALTH -- 7 The Restructuring of Health Care on Both Coasts since the 1980s -- 8 The Statistical Face of Restructuring and Human Health -- 9 The Human Voice of Social-Ecological Restructuring: Jobs, Incomes, Livelihoods, Ways of Life, and Human Health -- 10 Restructuring, Nutrition, and Diet on Both Coasts -- 11 The Human Voice of Social-Ecological Restructuring II: Youth, Education, and Health -- PART THREE: TOWARDS SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL HEALTH: COASTAL PROBLEMS AND POTENTIALS -- 12 Future Options I: Aquaculture, Hatcheries, Tourism, Transportation, and Local Initiatives -- 13 Future Options II: The Oil and Gas Potential of the Queen Charlotte and Tofino Basins -- 14 New Options for Governance I: Marine and Coastal Waters -- 15 New Options for Governance II: The Land and Sea/Land Interface -- 16 Building a More Resilient Future -- APPENDICES -- 1 Interdisciplinary Team Research - the Coasts Under Stress Experience -- 2 The Coasts Under Stress Team -- 3 Glossary of Technical Terms -- 4 Glossary of Species Mentioned in the Text, by Scientific Name -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O.

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While coasts are often places of unsurpassing beauty, many coastal communities suffer from poverty, unemployment, health risks, and the effects of environmental degradation. Coasts Under Stress is a unique interdisciplinary exploration of the complex interplay of economy, culture, environment, and health in the coastal communities of eastern and western Canada.

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