Sustainable development in the Mediterranean area

This book is resulting from the conference « Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Area », organized on June 11th and 12,2009 in Aix-en-Provence and first event of the Pole - Sustainable Development and Mediterranean Territories - Paul Cezanne University, Aix-Marseille III. The aim of this work is to fuel the reflexion on the tracks and action levers to explore, meeting challenges of the sustainable development in the Mediterranean. Development ways, legislation, procedures, coordination and cooperation forms... are used to reach a more harmonious Mediterranean society in its relations between human but also between human and nature.

This book is composed by 13 chapters, organized around four topics :

• Issues and Challenges of Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean : A Necessary Global Approach
• Vulnerability and Adaptation to the Climate Change
• Vulnerability and Water Issue in the Mediterranean
• Protection of Resources and Natural Environments