Maritime Clusters and the Ocean Economy: An Integrated Approach to Managing Coastal and Marine Space

ISBN-13: 9780367335366 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 274 str.

Peter B. Myles

Opis

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.

Spis treści

1. Collaborative Economic Development  2. The Growing Multi-Use Ocean  3. Management Strategies within a MSP Framework  4. Managing Conflicts of Interest  5. Marine and Coastal Aquaculture  6. Marine Renewable Energy in the Context of Sustainable Oceans  7. Integrated Coastal Zone Management  8. Small Island Developing States (SIDS)  9. Ocean Governance and the Blue Economy  10. The Ocean Business Community  11. Organized Ocean Business  12. Tourism in Coastal Areas  13. Maritime Clusters Cooperating to Compete  14. Constructing a Local Maritime Cluster  15. Maritime Cluster Networks  16. Clusters and Stewardship

O autorze

Peter B. Myles is an International Tourism Consultant, and Owner and Founder of Tournet Africa, based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He was responsible for developing the first module on coastal and marine tourism in Africa included in the postgraduate BCom (Tourism) Honours program offered at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa. He is currently Chairman of the Nelson Mandela Bay Maritime Cluster.