Governance domains for coastal management in the GBR: determining priorities for reform

[Extract] \ud \ud Why assess the governance system in the GBR coast:\ud \ud • Healthy governance systems are the key to delivering sound environment management outcomes.\ud \ud • There are surprisingly few risk assessment frameworks that can pin point those governance domains and sub-domains that most influence environmental outcomes.\ud \ud • This paper proposes a clear risk assessment framework for analysing governance systems.\ud \ud • We are testing this through its application to a significant real world context; coastal management as it relates to the health of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR)