Land- and Sea- Use Zoning: Challenges and Opportunities

The session discussed land and sea-use zoning as a strategy in preventing and managing natural disasters brought about by climate change as well as for promoting sustainable use of coastal and marine areas and resources. The session promoted a sharing of ideas and strategies on how existing zoning plans can be strengthened and effectively enforced and implemented at the local level.This workshop provided answers to how local governments can zone for climate change, whether a land and sea-use zoning scheme can be used as a market-based instrument for managing coastal and marine areas and resources, and how local governments are effectively implementing and enforcing land and sea-use zoning schemes.