dc.contributor.advisor	Newton, Alice
dc.contributor.advisor	Pemberton, Carlisle
dc.contributor.author	Seeram, Laishalla
dc.date.accessioned	2011-09-07T16:04:51Z
dc.date.available	2011-09-07T16:04:51Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.description	Dissertação mest., Gestão da Água e da Costa, Universidade do Algarve, 2008	por
dc.description.abstract	Coastal lagoons are valuable ecosystems, which provide humans with many benefits. These benefits may take several forms but the economic benefits are highly valued, and are obtained from the lagoon’s goods and services. These goods and services are subjected to pressures and impacts from human development. Therefore in order to assess what changes may occur in these goods and services, three coastal lagoons are studied: the Oropuche (Trinidad & Tobago), Ria Formosa (Portugal), and Venice (Italy) lagoons. The Oropuche lagoon exists in a developing country, where the lagoon ecosystem is threatened by land use changes, a decrease in sustainable use and where management interventions are minimal. In developing countries, too often are ecosystem values suffered for the sake of economic development, therefore the study also aims to demonstrate to policy and decision makers about the need for improved management in the Oropuche lagoon. The study has showed that despite the level of human development: low, medium or high, impacts to the lagoon ecosystem may vary, but the lagoons essentially continue to provide key goods and services. It has also shown that there is a large potential for the Oropuche Lagoon to be sustainably managed so that its value can at least be maintained for future generations.	eng
dc.format	application/pdf	por
dc.identifier.other	551.468 SEE*Coa Cave
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/502
dc.language.iso	eng	por
dc.subject	Teses	por
dc.subject	Laguna costeira	por
dc.subject	Desenvolvimento económico	por
dc.subject	Ecossistemas lagunares	por
dc.subject	Impacto ambiental	por
dc.title	Coastal lagoon goods and services and human development	por
dc.type	master thesis
dspace.entity.type	Publication
rcaap.rights	openAccess	por
rcaap.type	masterThesis	por
thesis.degree.grantor	Universidade do Algarve. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia	por
thesis.degree.level	Mestre	por
thesis.degree.name	Mestrado em Gestão da Água e da Costa	por

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