Myles, Peter B.,

Maritime Clusters and the Ocean Economy : An Integrated Approach to Managing Coastal and Marine Space / - First edition. - 1 online resource (xviii, 264 pages) - Earthscan Oceans .

chapter 1 Collaborative economic development -- chapter 2 The growing multiuse ocean -- chapter 3 Management strategies within a marine spatial planning framework -- chapter 4 Managing conflicts of interest -- chapter 5 Marine and coastal aquaculture -- chapter 6 Marine renewable energy in the context of sustainable oceans -- chapter 7 Integrated coastal zone management -- chapter 8 Small island developing states -- chapter 9 Ocean governance and the blue economy -- chapter 10 The ocean business community -- chapter 11 Organized ocean business -- chapter 12 Tourism in coastal areas -- chapter 13 Maritime clusters cooperating to compete -- chapter 14 Constructing a local maritime cluster -- chapter 15 European maritime cluster networks -- chapter 16 Clusters and stewardship.

"Over the last decade the concept of clustering has become a central idea for analyzing the competitiveness of nations, industries and firms. This book shows how the cluster concept can be usefully applied to the study of maritime activities.? Such activities, including shipping, shipbuilding and port and maritime services, are clearly geographically concentrated in a number of maritime clusters. However, as the author shows, these are having to compete with other uses of the coasts and oceans including capture fisheries, marine aquaculture, offshore energy and tourism.? Sound governance and planning is therefore required to manage the competing claims for ocean space. The book shows how competing industries and other stakeholders can cooperate and benefit from an integrated approach to the development of maritime clusters.? The contribution of approaches such as integrated coastal zone management and innovations such as ocean business councils, as well as coordinated networks of maritime clusters are reviewed. Case studies are included from around the world, including detailed examples of the development of the Nelson Mandela Bay Maritime Cluster in South Africa and from Poland in the Baltic Sea."--Provided by publisher.

9781315646152 9781317294146

10.4324/9781315646152 doi


Industrial clusters.
Marine resources.
Shipping--Economic aspects.
Environmental Policy
Shipping Industries
Tourism and the Environment

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