Offshore energy generation is a rapidly growing sector, competing for space in an already busy seascape. This book brings together the ecological, economic and social implications of the spatial conflict this growth entails. Covering all energy-generation types (wind, wave, tidal, oil, and gas), it explores the direct and indirect impacts the growth of offshore energy generation has on both the marine environment and the existing uses of marine space.
Chapters cover the main issues associated with offshore energy, such as the displacement of existing activities and the negative impacts...
Offshore energy generation is a rapidly growing sector, competing for space in an already busy seascape. This book brings together the ecological, ...
The marine environment does not naturally respect arbitrary international boundaries. The establishment and management of transboundary marine protected areas therefore presents major governance challenges. This book analyses a series of marine transboundary conservation initiatives embedded in varying contextual situations to examine the underlying reasons for their success or failure.
Utilising an adapted pathways of influence framework, it provides insights into the development of marine transboundary conservation initiatives looking at the effectiveness of international rules,...
The marine environment does not naturally respect arbitrary international boundaries. The establishment and management of transboundary marine protect...
Coral reefs are important destinations and resources for tourism and bring various benefits to local communities that rely on them as a food source, for financial income, employment and recreational opportunities. However they are under increasing threat from climate change and its related impacts such as coral bleaching and ocean acidification, as well as anthropogenic stresses from human activities including over-fishing, anchor damage, coastal development, agricultural runoffs, sedimentation and coral mining.
This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to review these issues...
Coral reefs are important destinations and resources for tourism and bring various benefits to local communities that rely on them as a food source...
Energy from wave and tidal power is a key component of current policies for renewable sources of energy. This book provides the first comprehensive exploration of legal, economic, and social issues related to the emerging ocean energy industry, in particular wave and tidal energy technologies.
This industry is rapidly developing and considerable technical literature has developed around the technology. However it is shown that challenges relating to regulation and policy are major impediments to industry development, and these aspects have not previously been sufficiently...
Energy from wave and tidal power is a key component of current policies for renewable sources of energy. This book provides the first comprehensive...
Global marine and coastal systems are under increasing pressure, leading to environmental degradation, competition and conflict over these common pool and often poorly regulated resources. Operationalising holistic management strategies such as ecosystem-based management (EBM) and the creation of marine protected areas (MPAs) has been slow and problematic as conflicts prevent political consensus. This book presents the reasons that conflict can, and does, arise in the marine and coastal environment.
It explores the types of conflicts that occur and the underlying perceptions and...
Global marine and coastal systems are under increasing pressure, leading to environmental degradation, competition and conflict over these common p...
