Environmental and social impacts of management approaches in Sevastopol Bay in a historic retrospective: a case study from the Black Sea

The article is aimed at discussion and comparison of ecosystems succession and landscapes transformation through influences of management approaches that were applied in the Sevastopol Bay Region (SBR), by several cultural traditions of different civilisations governing the territory in various times till present. These management consequences and possible solutions for the implementation of the sustainability principle in the development of the territory as civil and economically independent one, aimed at achieving non-destructive long-lasting anthropogenic transformations in coastal environments, were paid special attention. The article is focused on comparison of consequences of different models of management applied in SBR in various times. In this article is also a proposed list of helpful actions to be applied here. Also given is a description of an early industrial society management model with analysis of its difference from the late industrial society coastal zone management model, now commonly used all over the world as a method for obtaining sustainability in coastal zone. These societies have principally different structure of investments, sources of economical growth and social priorities not speaking about their public opinions. Principal differences in management models real for early and late periods of industrialisation are analysed taking into account that in general nature/environmental management could be effective only in democratic societies, but the set of management methods in these two cases must be principally different. The difference between these two options is mainly the difference in their social priorities and is treated as a key point for development of management strategies for certain regions/ecosystems to be effective and not only to declare some conservation/recovery efforts to perform. In other words coastal management is shown to be an extremely “socially sensitive” field of applied science, especially in developing societies. Creation and importance of special educational programmes/bodies for the implementation of management efforts and increasing of public and governmental awareness, is discussed.