About this Research Topic
Many nations around the world have established or are in the process of developing Blue Economy strategies so that marine management and economies can help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Interest in a Blue Economy has also been heightened through a strategic lens of post-COVID-19 economic recovery. The promise of a "Blue Economy" includes interests in delivering large-scale environmental protection alongside economic growth, revitalizing coastal communities, and development planning with coastal communities. Any national Blue Economy plan will need to occur alongside other national priorities and through national institutions and capacities. Learning from national cases can help inform the development of Blue Economy strategies and ocean-related sustainable development policies around the world.
Marine sustainable development is a topic that has gained much attention given the multiple competing uses in marine spaces and transboundary issues of marine use, in addition to the emergence of new industries. While rich literature is being developed to help scope the Blue Economy broadly, there is a relative paucity of literature from the existing and emerging Blue Economy plans around the world. That is, there is much to learn from the early planning and implementation of Blue Economy strategies from specific countries and regions where broad theories and frameworks are tested and adapted. This Research Topic will catalyse greater attention to studying Blue Economy through the lens of national contexts.
This Research Topic seeks input from Original Research, Methods, Policy and Practice Reviews, Perspectives, Community Case Studies, Policy Briefs, and Brief Research Reports, focusing on issues of Blue Economies from regions and nations with emerging or established Blue Economy plans and strategies. Research themes can be around:
• Issues of development planning
• Environmental impact assessment
• Marine spatial planning and multi-criteria decision-making
• Marine conservation
• Coastal communities
• Fisheries and aquaculture
• Offshore energy
• Marine tourism
• Or other topics relevant to national and regional Blue Economy plans.
Marine sustainable development is a topic that has gained much attention given the multiple competing uses in marine spaces and transboundary issues of marine use, in addition to the emergence of new industries. While rich literature is being developed to help scope the Blue Economy broadly, there is a relative paucity of literature from the existing and emerging Blue Economy plans around the world. That is, there is much to learn from the early planning and implementation of Blue Economy strategies from specific countries and regions where broad theories and frameworks are tested and adapted. This Research Topic will catalyse greater attention to studying Blue Economy through the lens of national contexts.
This Research Topic seeks input from Original Research, Methods, Policy and Practice Reviews, Perspectives, Community Case Studies, Policy Briefs, and Brief Research Reports, focusing on issues of Blue Economies from regions and nations with emerging or established Blue Economy plans and strategies. Research themes can be around:
• Issues of development planning
• Environmental impact assessment
• Marine spatial planning and multi-criteria decision-making
• Marine conservation
• Coastal communities
• Fisheries and aquaculture
• Offshore energy
• Marine tourism
• Or other topics relevant to national and regional Blue Economy plans.
Keywords: Blue Economy; Sustainable Development; National Policy; Fisheries; Aquaculture; Offshore Energy: Tourism; Marine Conservation
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