1. Use of Coastal Zones

2. 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?

3. How are coastal zones used by humans?

4. Coastal Zone Use Utilized by humans for: –Food Fisheries – more on this later –Recreation Beaches Boating Hiking –Tourism –Housing

5. What is the importance of coastal zones to the local and global community?

6. coastal zones produce diverse and productive ecosystems which have been of great importance historically for human populations –90% of the world’s fish harvest comes from within national exclusive economic zones, most of which are within the sight of shore

7. How are populations distributed around coastal zones locally, nationally, and globally?

8. Nova Scotia 70 per cent of the province’s population live in coastal communities

10. 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, >50% of Canadians will live within 20 km of a coast

12. 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

13. One Ocean: Episode 2 Footprints in the Sand http://oneocean.cbc.ca/series/episodes/2- footprints-in-the-sandhttp://oneocean.cbc.ca/series/episodes/2- footprints-in-the-sand 45:07 mins