Use of Coastal Zones

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Use of Coastal Zones
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Essential Question

• How are coastal zones used by humans?
• What is the importance of coastal zones to the
  local and global community?
• How are populations distributed around coastal
  zones locally, nationally, and globally?

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How are coastal zones used by humans?
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Coastal Zone Use

• Utilized by humans for
• Food
• Fisheries more on this later
• Recreation
• Beaches
• Boating
• Hiking
• Tourism
• Housing

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What is the importance of coastal zones to the
local and global community?
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• coastal zones produce diverse and productive
  ecosystems which have been of great importance
  historically for human populations
• 90 of the worlds fish harvest comes from within
  national exclusive economic zones, most of which
  are within the sight of shore

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How are populations distributed around coastal
zones locally, nationally, and globally?
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Nova Scotia

• 70 per cent of the provinces population live in
  coastal communities

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Canada

• 2001 - 11.5 million people (38.3 of the Canadian
  population) lived within 20 km of a coast
• Canada has a higher percentage of its population
  living within 20 km of the coast than globally,
  and this is increasing at a rate faster than that
  of the global coastal population.
• It is predicted that by 2015, gt50 of Canadians
  will live within 20 km of a coast

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Globally

• 1990 - 1.13 billion people lived within 20 km of
  a coast
• 2000 - 1.30 billion people lived within 20 km of
  a coast
• By 2015, the coastal population is expected to
  reach approximately 1.6 billion people
• 2003 - approximately 3 billion people about
  half of the world's population live within 200
  kilometers of a coastline.
• By 2025, that figure is likely to double

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One Ocean Episode 2 Footprints in the Sand

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