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SECTION 4. RESOLUTION OF USE CONFLICTS 



Use damage and ecological disasters are not necessary features of 

 civilization in the estuarine zone, but use conflicts will continue 

 to exist as more and more demands are made on the natural environ- 

 ment. The ability of any management authority to prevent use 

 damage and to resolve use conflicts depends not only udoit its 

 institutional composition and legal authority, but also uoon the 

 social, economic, and bioDhysical characteristics of the estuarine 

 management unit within its authority is exercised. 



The analyses of social and economic values of the estuarine zone 

 examined concurrently with the similar analyses of use conflicts, 

 pollutional effects, and use damages form the basis for this 

 discussion of those means by which use conflicts can be resolved 

 through the application of technical knowledge, i.e., technical 

 management. 



The primary objective of technical management is to accommodate the 

 needed and desired uses of any estuarine management unit within that 

 system without overall damage to the biophysical environment. The 

 ability to achieve this objective depends on the boundaries of the 

 management unit and upon the means available for resolving both 

 prohibitive use conflicts and restrictive use conflicts. 



