Through detailed cases and analysis of broader global trends, this volume examines how coastal communities are adapting to environmental change and the attributes of governance that are required to build resilience and well-being.

1. Toward Transformative Change in the Coastal Commons Derek Armitage, Anthony Charles and Fikret Berkes 2. Turning the Tide: Strategies, Innovation and Transformative Learning at the Olifants Estuary, South Africa Merle Sowman 3. Emergence of Community Science as a Transformative Process in Port Mouton Bay, Canada Laura Loucks, Fikret Berkes, Derek Armitage and Anthony Charles 4. Rights-based Coastal Ecosystem Use and Management: From Open Access to Community Managed Access Rights A. Minerva Arce-Ibarra, Juan Carlos Seijo, Maren Headley, Karla Infante-Ramírez, and Raúl Villanueva-Poot 5. Transformations of the Reef, Transformations of the Mind: Marine Aquarium Trade in Bali, Indonesia Jack Frey and Fikret Berkes 6. The Path to Sustainable Fisheries in Japan and the Transformative Impact of the Shiretoko World Natural Heritage Site Eirini Ioanna Vlachopoulou and Mitsutaku Makino 7. Community Participation and Adaptation to Change in Biosphere Reserves: A Review and a Mediterranean European Coastal Wetland Case Study (Rhone Delta Biosphere Reserve, Southern France) Meriem Bouamrane, Raphael Mathevet, Harold Levrel, Heather Huntington and Arun Agrawal 8. Navigating the Transformation to Community-Based Resource Management Jessica Blythe, Philippa Cohen, Kirsten Abernethy and Louisa Evans 9. Navigating from Government-centralized Management to Adaptive Co-management in a Marine Protected Area, Paraty, Brazil: Turbulence, Winds of Opportunity, and Progress Towards Transformation Cristiana Simão Seixas, Ana Carolina Esteves Dias and Rodrigo Rodrigues de Freitas 10. Koh Pitak: A Community-Based, Environment and Tourism Initiative in Thailand Philip Dearden, Dachanee Emphandhu, Supawinee Songpornwanich and Amnat Ruksapol 11. Sasi Laut In Maluku: Transformation and Sustainability of Traditional Governance in the Face of Globalization Ahmad Mony, Arif Satria and Rilus A. Kinseng 12. The Messy Intertidal Zone: Transformation of Governance Thinking for Coastal Nova Scotia Jennifer Graham and Anthony Charles 13. Communities, Multi-level Networks and Governance Transformations in the Coastal Commons Derek Armitage, Steve Alexander, Mark Andrachuk, Samantha Berdej, Shandel Brown, Prateep Nayak, Jeremy Pittman and Kaitlyn Rathwell 14. Synthesis: Governing Coastal Transformations Derek Armitage, Fikret Berkes and Anthony Charles