| dc.creator |
Jr, Donald Robadue |
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| dc.creator |
Bowen, Robert |
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| dc.creator |
Caille, Guillermo |
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| dc.creator |
Paez, Diego |
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| dc.date |
2016-04-14T09:42:47Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-04-14T09:42:47Z |
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| dc.date |
2010 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2018-04-18T11:12:27Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2018-04-18T11:12:27Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Robadue Jr, D., Bowen, R., Caille, G., Paez, D. and Mmochi, A., 2010. How Digital is What Divides Us? Global Networks of Practice for Coastal Management. Coastal Management, 38(3), pp.291-316. |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1532 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9252 |
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| dc.description |
This article explores the strategic and practical challenges facing emerging regional networks
of leaders and experts in marine and coastal management developing countries.
These networks are attempting to create and share information about governing coastal
The preparation of this article and network activities of the WIO Mariculture and EcoCostas
networks have been supported in part by the U.S. Agency for International Development through Cooperative
Agreement EPP-A-00-04-00014-00. The EcoCostas network has been provided substantial
support by the AVINA Foundation, as well as the Science Steering Committee of the Land-Ocean
Interface in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) and the International Human Dimensions Programme on
Global Environmental Change (IHDP), and is sustained by the remarkable volunteer effort of its
members.
Address correspondence to Donald Robadue, Jr., Coastal Resources Center, 220 South Ferry
Road, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA. E-mail: robadue@gso.uri.edu
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ecosystems and attaining sustainable use, in the light of the growing body of literature
on communities and networks of practice. Two examples of voluntary networks of practice
are examined in detail, the Regional Network of Latin American Coastal managers
(EcoCostas) and an emerging group of mariculture experts in East Africa, the Western
Indian Ocean (WIO) Mariculture forum. The focus is on understanding the challenges and
limits of technological approaches to support these endeavors in light of current literature
on knowledge sharing through networks in place-based and virtual community settings.
We first examine recent findings on the nature of communities of, or more appropriately,
networks of practice. Then we briefly trace international thinking and experiences in such
networks by organizations actively supporting ocean and coastal management projects and
policy reforms such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the
World Bank. These insights are applied to the EcoCostas Network and the Western Indian
Ocean (WIO) Mariculture Forum. The article concludes with some reflections on the need
to attain the right mix of face to face and virtual networking that is sustainable, effective,
and supportive of learning. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Tylor and francis |
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| dc.subject |
community of practice |
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| dc.subject |
Digital divide |
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| dc.subject |
Information technology |
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| dc.subject |
Social capital |
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| dc.title |
How Digital is What Divides Us? Global Networks of Practice for Coastal Management |
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| dc.type |
Journal Article |
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