A new model indicator set to measure the progress in the implementation of integrated
coastal zone management (ICZM) is described. The methodology that has been used
recognises that the ICZM management cycle can be broken down into a series of discrete
ranked actions. These actions show what is needed, using a straightforward, step-wise
methodology, to pass from a situation where no ICZM is being used to one where it is being
fully implemented, by being grouped into a series of five discrete ordered and continuous
phases. The actions, 26 in total, are not completely exhaustive but are comprehensive enough
to allow progress in ICZM to be measured. A comparative analysis can then be conducted by
an assessment using semi-quantitative criteria