Includes bibliographical references and index.

Toward transformative change in the coastal commons / Derek Armitage, Anthony Charles and Fikret Berkes -- Turning the tide : strategies, innovation and transformative learning at the Olifants Estuary, South Africa / Merle Sowman -- Emergence of community science as a transformative process in Port Mouton Bay, Canada / Laura Loucks, Fikret Berkes, Derek Armitage and Anthony Charles -- 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 -- Transformations of the reef, transformations of the mind : marine aquarium trade in Bali, Indonesia / Jack Frey and Fikret Berkes --- The path to sustainable fisheries in Japan and the transformative impact of the Shiretoko World Natural Heritage Site / Eirini Ioanna Vlachopoulou and Mitsutaku Makino -- 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 -- Navigating the transformation to community-based resource management / Jessica Blythe, Philippa Cohen, Kirsten Abernethy and Louisa Evans -- 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 -- Koh Pitak : a community-based, environment and tourism initiative in Thailand / Philip Dearden, Dachanee Emphandhu, Supawinee Songpornwanich and Amnat Ruksapol -- Sasi Laut In Maluku : transformation and sustainability of traditional governance in the face of globalization / Ahmad Mony, Arif Satria and Rilus A. Kinseng -- The messy intertidal zone : transformation of governance thinking for coastal Nova Scotia / Jennifer Graham and Anthony Charles -- 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 -- Synthesis : governing coastal transformations / Derek Armitage, Fikret Berkes and Anthony Charles.