Municipal coastal governance system developments in Latvia: governance segments, sectors and instruments
2020
Ernsteins, R., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia) | Lagzdina, E., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia) | Kudrenickis, I., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia) | Lontone-Ievina, A., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia)
Integrated coastal management (ICM) is still challenge at any governance level, but, particularly, for the small local governments and scattered coastal communities. The EU BONUS programme, supported BaltCoast project (2015–2018) in the Baltic Sea region to provide related studies with an internationally acknowledged methodology based on social-ecological system (SES) and stakeholder participation approaches – System Approach Framework (SAF), which was also adjusted for a particular local rural coastal governance process case in Latvia. Current study has been based on research-and-development (R and D) framework, conducted in the typical local coastal municipality of Salacgriva as a pilot territory applying case study research (CSR) methodology (complementary stakeholder interviews, document studies, observations etc.). The aim of the study was to explore in to the detail the rural local coastal governance shortcomings, analysing all the triple complementary governance dimensions – governance content, process and stakeholders’ segments – and to recognize the main necessary preconditions for the local coastal governance process functioning and eventual governance system building elements. The findings of the research allow to propose also recommendations: for the local coastal governance process and system design in Latvian municipalities in general. It was also recommended to develop MCG instruments, especially, coastal collaborative communication instruments – information, education, participation and coastal-friendly behaviour.
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