Online Test

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Question 1

Which of the following statements about Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) is true?

Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) is a complementary approach focusing on land-based activities
ICZM uses the informed participation and co-operation of all stakeholders to assess the societal goals in a given coastal area
ICZM seeks to balance environmental, economic, social, cultural and recreational objectives
In the EU, Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) is defined as a dynamic, multi-disciplinary and iterative process to promote sustainable management of coastal zones
‘Ecosystem based approach’ describes an approach that respects the limits of natural resources and ecosystems
‘Integrated’ in ICZM refers to the integration of different objectives and also to the integration of several instruments that are needed to meet these objectives

Question 2

Which of the following statements about ‘Integrated Coastal Zone Management cycle’ is true?

The Systems Approach Framework provides a new stepwise guide to sustainable ICZM
ICZM is a well-defined, stepwise, iterative and linear process
The Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) Assessment is an alternative approach to the Systems Approach Framework
Systems Approach Framework covers the steps Initiation, Planning, Implementation as well as Monitoring and Evaluation
ICZM approaches developed during the early 2000s are well suitable for practical applications and caused many successful local case studies
The Systems Approach Framework allows a team to develop a management strategy, based on interaction between science, policy and stakeholders

Question 3

Which of the following statements about ‘European Union (EU) Integrated Maritime Policy’ is true?

The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) organises the way humans use the oceans
European Union has taken action for oceans and adopted the EU Integrated Maritime Policy
Regional seas, such as Baltic Sea, Black Sea or North Sea do not belong to the EU Integrated Maritime Policy cross-cutting policies but instead, have separate sea basin strategies
EU Integrated Maritime Policy largely replaced single sector-based policy
Goal 14 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is ‘to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources’
The Maritime Forum aims to improve communication amongst EU maritime policy stakeholders

Question 4

Which of the following statements about ‘ICZM History in Europe’ is true?

The Demonstration Programme pointed out that ‘management of the coasts in Europe is based on a sufficient legal framework and that joint visions and concrete ideas exist.
From 1993 to 1995, the European Commission operated a Demonstration Programme on Integrated Coastal Zone Management to take stock of the existing situation in Europe
The EU Directive on establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning was adopted in 2014
In Europe, ICZM is still high on the political agenda and has kept a strong environmental focus
Concrete recommendations on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Europe were adopted in 2002
The Demonstration Programme pointed out that ‘there has been inadequate involvement of the stakeholders in formulating and implementing solutions to coastal problems’

Question 5

For what purpose can the ‘DPSIR/DAPSI(W)RM Framework’ be applied within coastal and marine management?

To conduct a monetary evaluation of ecosystem services
To map stakeholders
To generate a common understanding of an issue/problem, its causes and consequences
To review coastal and marine management plans
To calculate cumulative impacts of coastal and marine activities
As a basis for generating conceptual models to analyse a problem in more detail

Question 6

Which of the following facts with respect to ‘Definitions’ is true?

The Littoral zone extends seawards from the foreshore to some distance beyond the breaker zone
In the European Union, the offshore boundary of coastal waters is one nautical mile of the baseline
Transitional waters are surface waters in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline, but influenced by freshwater flows
In the European Union, the coastal zone is defined as the zone between shoreline and 3 km inland from the coast
Coastal seas in Europe are the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea
Territorial waters extend at most 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state