This book examines a wide range of innovative approaches for coastal
wetlands restoration and explains how we should use both academic
research and practitioners' findings to influence learning, practice,
policy and social change.
For conservationists, tidal flats and coastal wetlands are regarded as
among the most important areas to conserve for the health of the entire
oceanic environment. As the number of restoration projects all over the
world increases, this book provides a unique assessment of coastal
wetland restorations by examining existing community perceptions and by
drawing on the knowledge and expertise of both academics and
practitioners. Based on a four-year sociological study across three
different cultural settings - England, Japan and Malaysia - the book
investigates how citizens perceive the existing environment; how they
discuss the risks and benefits of restoration projects; how perceptions
change over time; and how governmental and non-governmental
organisations work with the various community perceptions on the ground.
By comparing and contrasting the results from these three countries, the
book offers guidance for future conservation and restoration activities,
with a specific view to working with local citizens to avoid conflict
and obtain long-term investment.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of coastal
restoration, wetland conservation and citizen science, as well as
environmental sociology and environmental management more broadly. It
will also be of use to practitioners and policymakers involved in
environmental restoration projects.
