TY - BOOK AU - Yamashita,Hiromi TI - Coastal wetlands restoration: public perception and community development T2 - Routledge focus on environment and sustainability SN - 9780367863098 U1 - 333.91/8153 PY - 2022/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Wetland restoration KW - Wetland management KW - Coastal zone management KW - NATURE / Ecology KW - bisacsh KW - NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection N2 - "This book examines a wide range of innovative approaches for coastal wetlands restoration and explains how we should use use both academic research and practitioners' findings to influence learning, practice, policy, and social change. For conservationists, tidal flats and coastal wetlands are regarded as among the most important areas to conserve for the health of the entire oceanic environment. As the number of restoration projects all over the world increases, this book provides a unique assessment of coastal wetland restorations by examining existing community perceptions and by drawing on the knowledge and expertise of both academics and practitioners. Based on a four-year sociological study across three different cultural settings - England, Japan and Malaysia - the book investigates how citizens perceive the existing environment; how they discuss the risks and benefits of restoration projects; how perceptions change over time; and how governmental and non-governmental organisations work with the various community perceptions on the ground. By comparing and contrasting the results from these three countries, the book offers guidance for future conservation and restoration activities, with a specific view to working with local citizens to avoid conflict and obtain long-term investment. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of coastal restoration, wetland conservation and citizen science, as well as environmental sociology and environmental management more broadly. It will also be of use to practitioners and policymakers involved in environmental restoration projects"-- UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367863098 ER -