UFOR 397B Coastal Zone Management

UFOR 397B. Coastal Zone Management. (Credit, 3 hours) (Lec., 2 hour; Lab, 2 hours). The course explores ecological, environmental, social, and economic aspects of coastal zone management. It will examine past and present coastal zone management strategies at the national, regional, and local level. Laws, policies, regulations, and cases that guide approaches to coastal and ocean resources, including beaches, wetlands, reefs, fisheries, endangered and threatened species, ports, urban waterfronts, declining water quality, habitat protection, beach erosion, hazard mitigation, public access to the beach, water resources, and special marine area will be examined from both federal and the states level. The course will also provide an overview of coastal applications of GIS-based decision support tools, spatial data infrastructures, remote sensing technology including LIDAR.