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Requirement of innovative integrated coastal zone management curriculum at postgraduate professional level education in India
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This study examines the requirement of innovative Integrated Coastal Zone Management
(ICZM) curriculum at postgraduate professional education, and identifies the potential
professional skills required for the coastal managers in India especially in Tamil Nadu
region. This need is essential because, coastal zones in Tamil Nadu are under risk due to
carious natural and human impacts, and conflicts between multi-users. The recent Tsunami
in December 2004, has led coastal communities into vulnerable, poverty, unemployment
and health problems. The sectoral management approaches are often seem to be as singlesector
service oriented (Cicin-Sain et al., 2000; Tissier et al., 2004) and proved incapable to
deliver ICZM project effectively in Tamil Nadu. Thus, managing coastal challenges
requires skilled professionals with a mixed-knowledge across the disciplines.
This research work is apart of an ongoing curriculum development project based on ICZM
at higher professional education in India. Results and discussion are based on the filed work
carried out to identify the potential skills required for the coastal managers in Tamil Nadu.
This study evaluates coastal threats and challenges in India. It describes the state of higher
professional education in coastal and marine science degrees. A discussion of global efforts
and solutions provided by the scholars and international agencies on ICZM education and
training are discussed. This study describes the coastal zone management and ICZM
education trend in India. A detailed discussion has presented on the requirement of
innovative ICZM curriculum, and potential professional skills to addressing the coastal
challenges and delivering ICZM programs efficiently in Tamil Nadu. Finally, this study has
presented possible solutions with the balanced curriculum that need to be addressed in the
ICZM education for best practices at higher professional education in Tamil Nadu.
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Tese mest. , GestĆ£o da Ćgua e da Costa, 2007, Universidade do Algarve
Keywords
Teses Zonas costeiras GestĆ£o GICZ Capacidade de construĆ§Ć£o Profissionais especializados Disciplina de sector Ćŗnico EducaĆ§Ć£o Abordagens educativas Inter-multidisciplinar Aprendizagem Problema 556.5