Date of Award
Summer 8-2012
Degree Type
Thesis-Restricted
Degree Name
M.U.R.P.
Degree Program
Urban and Regional Planning
Department
Planning and Urban Studies
Major Professor
Earthea Nance
Second Advisor
Marla Nelson
Third Advisor
Kristina Peterson
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Sand, Melanie G., "Transforming Sustainability thru Adaptive Co-Management: A Critique of Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan" (2012). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1512.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1512
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