Challenges of the Blue Economy: Evidence and Research Trends  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa María Martínez Vázquez ◽  
Juan Milán García ◽  
Jaime de Pablo Valenciano
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Blue Economy ◽  
Blue Growth

Abstract BackgroundThe Blue Economy is a recent field of study that encompasses economic activities that depend on the sea, often associated with other economic sectors, including tourism, maritime transport, energy and fishing. Blue growth supports the sustainable growth of the maritime and marine sectors as the oceans and seas are engines of the global economy and have great potential for growth and innovation. This article undertakes a bibliometric analysis in the terms of blue economy, maritime economy, ocean economy, marine economy, and Blue Growth to analysis the scientific production of this field of study. The main objective is to find out if there is a link between the blue economy and the circular economy.ResultsThe results show an evolving and growing trend during the last decade regarding the number of published articles and citations. Nascent and future research trends include terms such as small-scale fisheries, blue degrowth, aquatic species, biofuel, growth of the coastal blue economy, and internationalization. New researchers, experts, public institutions, and private companies who wish to understand the roots of the Blue Economy and its evolution over time may find this article useful to design and develop strategies that lead to its efficient management, preservation, and sustainability.ConclusionsIn conclusion, it highlights the need for alliances between the sectors that compose blue growth with the incorporation of the circular economy in order to achieve a sustainable blue economy.

scholarly journals Challenges of the Blue Economy: evidence and research trends

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa María Martínez-Vázquez ◽  
Juan Milán-García ◽  
Jaime de Pablo Valenciano
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Blue Economy ◽  
Blue Growth

Abstract Background The Blue Economy is a recent field of study that encompasses economic activities that depend on the sea, often associated with other economic sectors, including tourism, maritime transport, energy and fishing. Blue growth supports the sustainable growth of the maritime and marine sectors as the oceans and seas are engines of the global economy and have great potential for growth and innovation. This article undertakes a bibliometric analysis in the terms of Blue Economy (BE), Maritime Economy (MAE), Ocean Economy (OE), Marine Economy (ME), and Blue Growth (BG) to analyze the scientific production of this field of study. Analysis of the authors’ definitions of BE, BG, ME and OE provides interesting relationships divided into sustainability and governance; economics and ecosystem protection; industrial development and localization; and the growth of the ocean economy, with development as the central axis that encompasses them. The main contribution is to find out if there is a link between the BE and the CE through the keyword study. Results The results show a significant increase in articles and citations over the last decade. The articles address the importance of different sectors of BE and the interest of governments in promoting it for the development of their national economies. Using bibliometric mapping tools (VOSviewer), it is possible to find possible links between concepts such as CE and BE through the BG and to visualize trending topics for future research. Nascent and future research trends include terms such as small-scale fisheries, aquatic species, biofuel, growth of the coastal BE, internationalization and blue degrowth (BD), the latter approaches aspects of BG from a critical perspective. Conclusions In conclusion, it highlights the need for alliances between the sectors that compose BG with the incorporation of the CE in order to achieve a sustainable BE in both developed and developing countries. Through the keyword analysis it is shown that the BG strategy is the bridge between the BE and the CE. The CE presents itself as a promising alternative that could mitigate tensions between stakeholders who support both growth and degrowth positions.

scholarly journals Coping with abrupt environmental change: the impact of the coastal El Niño 2017 on artisanal fisheries and mariculture in North Peru

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 1122-1130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lotta Clara Kluger ◽  
Sophia Kochalski ◽  
Arturo Aguirre-Velarde ◽  
Ivonne Vivar ◽  
Matthias Wolff
Keyword(s):  
El Niño ◽  
El Nino ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Artisanal Fisheries ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Coastal El Niño

Abstract In February and March 2017, a coastal El Niño caused extraordinary heavy rains and a rise in water temperatures along the coast of northern Peru. In this work, we document the impacts of this phenomenon on the artisanal fisheries and the scallop aquaculture sector, both of which represent important socio-economic activities for the province of Sechura. Despite the perceived absence of effective disaster management and rehabilitation policies, resource users opted for a wide range of different adaptation strategies and are currently striving towards recovery. One year after the event, the artisanal fisheries fleet has returned to operating almost on a normal scale, while the aquaculture sector is still drastically impacted, with many people continuing to work in different economic sectors and even in other regions of the country. Recovery of the social-ecological system of Sechura likely depends on the occurrence of scallop seed and the financial capacity of small-scale producers to reinitiate scallop cultures. Long-term consequences of this coastal El Niño are yet to be studied, though the need to develop trans-local and trans-sectoral management strategies for coping with disturbance events of this scale is emphasized.

scholarly journals The Blue Smart Specialization Challenges Towards the

2021 ◽  
pp. 281-294
Author(s):  
Milen Baltov
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Blue Economy ◽  
Blue Growth ◽  
Urban Level ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
Smart Specialization

AbstractThe ‘blue economy’ embraces more than five million jobs and the gross added value in the second decade of this century is surpassing EUR half a trillion a year. Now when this growth even accelerates in many more sub-sectors the process goes driven in two ways. On one side, a wave of smart specialization strategies at regional and urban level is under way, in many cases incorporating the restorative economy elements. On the other side, changes just happened even without the respective strategies in the blue economy structure and challenge the established sectors. The purpose of this chapter of the book is to identify the main challenges of the smart specialization strategies at urban and regional level incorporating the blue growth elements that are met towards the restorative economy frames. The methods used are a literature and key policy documents review and some secondary data analysis over performed by the European Commission contractor investigation with reference to a project performed in the sector. As a conclusion the recommendation for sectoral specialization of the coastal areas and its cities’ economy in accordance with the innovative potential for blue growth was outlined, with the understanding it might be fragile due to the unsustainable economic activities in the seas.

An Assessment and Policy Proposals Within the Framework of the Blue Economy and Public Policies

2019 ◽  
pp. 84-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gamze Yıldız Şeren
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Positive Externalities ◽  
Blue Economy ◽  
Policy Proposals

Blue economy refers to economic sectors that are either directly or indirectly linked with the oceans. However, the blue economy does not only have an economic dimension. Environmental health is also an area that blue economy takes into account. This chapter draws attention to both social and economic potential to be created by blue economy and to consider and evaluate how to increase this potential through public policies in today's century, when the resources are gradually depleted and population growth continues. In order for the blue economy to be a driving force for sustainable growth, public-private partnerships emerge as a recipe for opportunities. In addition, the growth of the blue economy can be stimulated by conventional financial instruments (such as taxes and subsidies). Since the blue economy is at an intersection of environmental health and economic benefits, positive externalities that environmental health can have on generations should not be overlooked.

scholarly journals The blue economy in the European Union: Valuation of Spanish small-scale fishers’ perceptions on environmental and socioeconomic effects

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-13
Author(s):  
Dolores Garza-Gil ◽  
Manuel Varela-Lafuente ◽  
Marcos Pérez-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Growth Strategy ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Blue Economy ◽  
Blue Growth

European coastline has undergone a transformation in becoming a significant sector of the economy. The economic importance of aquaculture, coastal and maritime tourism, and industry based on oceanic energy is crucial for explaining that transformation. The European ?blue growth? generates employment and economic opportunities but could have major environmental effects on coastal zones. This could become inimical to small-scale fishing and those communities that depend heavily on fishing. This paper studies the Spanish fishers? perceptions to the linkages between the Blue Growth and small-scale fishing. Results show a significantly positive attitude toward potential contribution of blue growth to socioeconomic development and a significantly negative perception on environmental impact of such activities. Interactions are identified as well as possible opportunities that Blue Growth could offer to small-scale fishing. Recommendations for Blue Growth strategy are provided.

Urban Governance and Economic Development in Medellín

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Franz
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Tertiary Sector ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
The City

Many of the academic analyses calling Medellín’s development an “urban miracle” fall short with regard to discussion of the political economic implications of institutional shifts. An emerging transnational capitalist class promoted ‘good governance’ reforms and the embedding of neoliberalism in the urban context. Medellín’s neoliberal development agenda is not only a market-led strategy but also a particular form of hierarchic rule and distribution of power. Increased economic activities in the tertiary sector, the promotion of flexible labor markets, and the incorporation of the city into the global economy at the lower end of the value chain have not served as sustainable growth escalators for Medellín’s economy. The city continues to have high rates of un- and underemployment and is still the country’s most unequal city. These developments can by no means be described as miraculous. Muchos de los análisis académicos que describen el desarrollo de Medellín como un “milagro urbano” se quedan cortos en cuanto a la discusión de las implicaciones político-económicas de los cambios institucionales. Una nueva clase capitalista transnacional promovió las reformas de buena gobernanza y la incorporación del neoliberalismo en el contexto urbano. El plan de desarrollo neoliberal de Medellín no es sólo una estrategia orientada al mercado sino que también es una forma jerárquica de gobierno y distribución del poder. El aumento de las actividades económicas en el sector sectario, la promoción de un mercado laboral flexible y la incorporación de la ciudad en la economía global en el nivel más bajo de la cadena de valor no han servido como palancas para el crecimiento económico sustentable de Medellín. La ciudad sigue teniendo las tasas de desempleo y subempleo más altas de Colombia y todavía es la ciudad más desigual del país. Estos desarrollos no pueden ser descritos en modo alguno como milagrosos.

Toward an inclusive digital economy for all: Perspectives from an intersectional feminist social work lens

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282110095
Author(s):  
Crystal Kwan
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Economic Justice ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Survival Strategy ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Economic Sectors

The digital global economy is increasingly becoming the economy. The current pandemic has accelerated the digitization of the economy as offline economic activities are suspended, and ‘going digital’ is touted as a survival strategy for economic sectors worldwide. In this conceptual article, I argue that this emerging economy is (re)producing social inequalities. Social workers need to be knowledgeable about the digital global economy and engage in economic justice initiatives to actualize social justice. I employ an intersectional feminist lens to critique the digital global economy’s state and delineate two areas that social workers can engage in.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on Economic Activities and Poverty Threats in the Asia-Pacific Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Saddam Rassanjani ◽  
Novialdi Risky ◽  
Dahlawi Maz ◽  
Wais Alqarni ◽  
Muhammad Achdan Tharis
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Impact

This paper discusses the impact caused by a virus outbreak called coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The virus initially appeared in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, then spread throughout the world, including the Asia-Pacific Region (APR). COVID-19 is believed to have damaged health and the global economy. Unlike the crisis that was caused by many previous disruptions, the impact caused by COVID-19 is wider and bigger. Many economic sectors have been paralyzed and suffered losses, such as production and trade. Export-import cooperation has become a dependency between countries, and this has also been hampered due to the rapid spread of this pandemic. Then, the closure of transportation access and the suggestion to stay at home has made the tourism sector sluggish. Meanwhile, another effect of this pandemic is the emergence of new poor groups due to the rise in layoffs. This study uses qualitative research methods to search for theoretical references relevant to cases or problems found in various works of literature, mainly scientific journals, books, reports, and actual and trusted news on the internet. This study aims to explore the potential of COVID-19 that not only threatens health, but also social, political, and economic spheres. From the analysis, it was concluded that COVID-19 could inhibit all global socio- economic activities that threaten the success of realizing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but on the other hand, this pandemic can also be momentum for a more sustainable life order.

scholarly journals Blue economy: The past and present from the world and future directions for Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 254043
Author(s):  
Phongsathon Koondee ◽  
Mohammed Ali Sharafuddin ◽  
Meena Madhavan
Keyword(s):  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Blue Economy ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
Developed Nations

This commentary article aims to summarize the past and present research of the blue economy from developing and developed nations and anticipates future research directions in the domain of blue economy policy research for Thailand. The importance of environmental protection, economic distribution, and social equality in the past were discussed and the present research shifted to addressing the complexity and defining the all-inclusive blue economy and all-inclusive participation, multiple stakeholder involvement and inter-regional cooperation, and global partnerships for knowledge and technology exchange. New blue economy sectors, such as ‘bioprospecting’, are also emerging in the present. However, the core concepts, such as defining ‘Blue Economy’, ‘Overfishing’, and ‘sustainable growth’, are still under debate. There is a perceptual disagreement among stakeholders in developing countries. Future directions in this research domain are also presented.  This study concludes that future blue economy policies, plans, and implementation related research on blue economy must take account of environmental regulations and all-inclusive economic developmental plans that are measurable in terms of economic, environmental, and socio-cultural sustainability.

Tomorrow's Promise: Future Research Trends in Aging

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle M. Braun
Keyword(s):  
Research Trends ◽  
Future Research
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