Improving the administration of marine and coastal spaces : the marine cadastre component
Sutherland, Michael
Administering marine and coastal spaces are international imperatives because these spaces are of immediate and potential social, economic, environmental and political importance. This is true not only for coastal communities but also for nations that depend upon these spaces for the transportation of people, goods and services, and as well for the spatial and resource exploitation. The 4-dimensional rights and interests in these spaces, which require management, are many, varied and overlapping. The stakeholders also are many and varied with diverse objectives and mandates that often make use of the same data and datasets. It takes various instruments and methods to efficiently administer marine and coastal spaces. These include (but are not limited to) laws, regulations, governance structures, trained personnel, computer hardware and software, data and spatial data infrastructures, and organizations. A marine cadastre, preferably built on the multipurpose cadastre concept, is one such instrument that ideally can provide thematic and spatial data and information to support efficient decision making with regard coastal and marine spaces.
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