Coastal Management Practices

The making of an uneven shore: How coastal management and housing policies shaped racial inequality in asbury park NJ

Environment and Planning E Nature and Space ◽

10.1177/25148486211069868 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 251484862110698

Author(s):

David C. Eisenhauer

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

New Jersey ◽

Political Ecology ◽

Coastal Management ◽

Racial Inequality ◽

Management Practices ◽

The United States ◽

Coastal Development ◽

Housing Policies ◽

Housing Segregation

Recent work in urban geography and political ecology has explored the roots of housing segregation in the United States within governmental polices and racial prejudice within the real estate sector. Additional research has demonstrated how coastal management practices has largely benefited wealthy, white communities. In this paper, I bring together insights from these two strands of research to demonstrate how both coastal management and governmental housing policies combined to shape racial inequalities within and around Asbury Park, New Jersey. By focusing on the period between 1945 and 1970, I show how local, state, and federal actors repeatedly prioritized improving and protecting the beachfront areas of the northern New Jersey shore while promising to eventually address the housing and economic needs of the predominately Black ‘West Side’ neighbourhood of Asbury Park. This paper demonstrates that not only did governmental spending on coastal management largely benefit white suburban homeowners but also came at the expense of promised spending within Black neighbourhoods. The case study has implications for other coastal regions in the United States in which housing segregation persists. As climate change and sea level rise unfold, the history of racial discrimination in coastal development raises important considerations for efforts to address emerging hazards and risks.

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Integration of Science and Coastal Management: A Case Study of Hong Kong

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.524-527.2804 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 524-527 ◽

pp. 2804-2808

Author(s):

Xiao Yin Zhang ◽

Xiong Zhi Xue ◽

Hao Kong

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Coastal Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Environmental Science ◽

Scientific Information ◽

Dynamic Environment ◽

Coastal Areas ◽

Regulatory Decision

Coastal management practices, regulatory decision-making, and land use planning activities along coastal areas have historically been made with insufficient scientific information concerning the dynamic environment. The idea of integration of science and coastal management has risen rapidly in both environmental science and public environmental policy since the mid-1990s, and encouraged innovative relationships between scientists and practitioners in a range of contexts. In this paper, based on materials analysis, we explore the existing practices, evaluating past successes and failures in the management mode of coastal areas in Hong Kong. Though this case study we examine the challenges Hong Kong faces presently, illustrate the strong need for integrating science and coastal management.

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