Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1 The Mediterranean and its Development Dynamics -- Section 1 The Mediterranean Region: A Unique But Neglected Heritage -- A unique heritage -- Signs of unsuistainable development -- Section 2 Determining Factors of the Mediterranean Future -- Climate change and its possible impacts -- Towards north-south demographic convergence -- The Mediterranean between globalization and regional integration -- A deficit of governance in the face of environment/development challenges -- The SEMC faced with multiple development challenges -- Summary of the baseline scenario assumptions -- Part 2: Six Sustainability Issues -- Chapter 1 Water -- Continuing growth in pressures on vulnerable water resources -- Paths to more sustainable water management -- Chapter 2 Energy -- Unsustainable energy development -- Towards more sustainable energy systems -- Chapter 3 Transport -- A boom in transport benefiting the road sector -- The large impacts of land and air transport -- Reducing pollution and the risks of maritime transport -- Towards a more sustainable transport system -- Chapter 4 Urban Areas -- Widespread urbanization, once in the north, now in the south -- Increased expansion and mobility, vulnerable and fragmented towns -- Urban environment: Air, water, waste -- What possibilities for action do cities have? -- Mediterranean and Euro-Mediterranean cooperation: Beyond the challenges -- Chapter 5 Rural Areas -- The originality, fragility and diversity of Mediterranean rural areas -- Rural and agricultural population: Divergent and unsustainable developments -- Land dynamics and the extent of environmental degradation -- Food and agriculture outlooks -- Territorial challenges in the Mediterranean -- Alternatives for rural areas -- Chapter 6 Coastal Areas.

The coastal zone: A description -- An increasingly built-up coast: Megapolization? -- Pursing the fight against coastal pollution -- Protecting coastal ecosystems and their biodiversity -- Ensuring sustainable management of fisheries and aquaculture -- Mobilizing for an integrated coastal area management -- Directing tourism towards sustainable development -- A sustainable coastal management scenario -- Legal references -- Part 3 Summary and Call for Action -- The Mediterranean in motion -- The risks in the baseline scenario -- Facing sustainable development challenges -- Striving for more sustainable development -- Concluding remarks -- Statistical Annex -- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Index.

'Here's a work arriving just at the right moment and contributingnew insights at precisely the time when public opinion remains sceptical of the not very promising future we are preparing for our children, when governments balk at explaining to their electorates the vital but unpopular decisions that have to be taken and when civil society, with few ways and means, is finally becoming involved. This remarkable work will help all actors to understand the inter-linkages between economic activities and the environment in the Mediterranean Basin and take concerted, effective action to build a positive, sustainable future' Mohamed Ennabli, former Minister of the Environment and Land Use Panning, Tunisia 'The Blue Plan has carried out a remarkable assessment of the serious environmental probems and insufficiently targeted cooperation in the Mediterranean, and also of new financing systems to be implemented, which would increase the capacities of local authorities and economic and social partners' Georges Corm, former Minister of Finance, Lebanon The Mediterranean Basin and its surrounding countries is a microcosm of the environmental and sustainability challenges facing people across the world. Depending on the development path it takes in the future, the region can either become a positive model for the regional regulation of globalization, or, more onerously, it might reinforce global instability. This unique volume is the definitive, authoritative assessment of the environment and development of the Mediterranean Basin and its 22 countries and territories, spanning five decades from 30 years in the past to 20 years into the future. Produced by the Blue Plan within the framework of UNEP/Mediterranean Action Plan and backed by the EU and national governments, it brings together the work of more than 100 researchers from dozens of national, regional

and local governments and research groups into the only comprehensive insight into sustainable development issues in the region. Core coverage includes water, energy, transport, cities, rural and coastal areas, as well as related issues such as climate change, population growth, geopolitical changes, unemployment and poverty, pollution, economic and environmental policies, regional cooperation and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Information is clearly presented through hundreds of full-colour maps, graphs, tables and a wealth of case studies. This is a must-have reference for all levels of government, NGOs and libraries, as well as practitioners, academics and businesses involved in economics, natural resource management, land and maritime transport, water, energy, infrastructure, urban and rural development, agriculture, fishing and aquaculture, tourism and coastal management. Countries and territories covered: Spain, France, Italy, Monaco, Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Preface by Lucien Chabason, Chairman of the Blue Plan.

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