1st Edition
Coastal Wetlands Restoration Public Perception and Community Development
1. Studying social perceptions of risk and benefits of coastal wetland restorations: Its importance and complexities
Hiromi Yamashita
2. Coastal wetland restoration in the world: Needs, challenges and benefits
Robert J. McInnes
Case Study A
Tim McGrath, Robert J. McInnes, and Hiromi Yamashita
3. To enable communities to engage with the biggest European tidal flat and saltmarsh restoration project
Tim McGrath
4. People’s perceptions towards the Steart Marshes Creation Project through stakeholder interviews and questionnaires
Robert J. McInnes, Mark Everard and Hiromi Yamashita
Case Study B
Balu Perumal, Hiromi Yamashita, and Naoyuki Mikami
5. Local power through the Mangrove Rehabilitation Project in Kuala Gula, Malaysia
Balu Perumal, Alifah Ilyana, and Amirah Rahman
6. Community perceptions towards the risks and benefits of a mangrove restoration project: Learning from a case study in Malaysia
Hiromi Yamashita and Naoyuki Mikami
Case Study C
Hiromi Yamashita, Naoyuki Mikami, Hideto Uranaka, and Hideki Kokubu
7. The Ago Bay experience from a local government perspective
Hideto Uranaka
8. Creating the first tidal flat restoration project in Japan in Ago Bay
Hideki Kokubu
9. Tidal flat restoration projects in Shima City and citizens’ perceptions
Naoyuki Mikami and Hiromi Yamashita
10. Opportunities for coastal wetland restoration and community development for the future
Hiromi Yamashita and Naoyuki Mikami
Biography
Hiromi Yamashita is a professor at the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU), Japan, visiting associate professor at Nagoya University Graduate School of Environmental Sciences, Japan, visiting associate professor, University of Cambridge, UK, and advisory board member for the Ramsar Regional Centre-East Asia.
