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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Blue Economy"”.
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Blue economy investments and injustices around marine protected areas: the case of Mtwara coast, Tanzania
This thesis explores Blue Economy investments and injustices around marine protected areas. It examines whether fishing communities are gaining or losing from investments in the marine park areas; and unpacks the dilemmas that authorities face when they promote investments while protecting …
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Blue economy investments and injustices around marine protected areas: The case of Mtwara Coast, Tanzania
This thesis explores Blue Economy investments and injustices around marine protected areas. It examines whether fishing communities are gaining or losing from investments in the marine park areas; and unpacks the dilemmas that authorities face when they promote investments while protecting …
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Applications of machine learning and data science to the blue economy sustainable fishing and weather routing
The Blue Economy encompasses an interdisciplinary field of study aimed at achieving sustainable utilization of ocean resources while preserving the environment’s health. The importance of this concept lies in its role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals defined by the United Nations. …
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An assessment of the Blue Economy in Namibia: a case study of Swakopmund and Walvis Bay
… of this research was to assess the Namibia blue economy: a case study of Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. The research was aimed at identifying how the government can achieve inclusive growth while at the same time ensuring that there is sustainable resource management. A qualitative research …
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An investigation into women’s economic empowerment in the blue economy: A case study of Omankete seafood processors in Walvis Bay, Namibia
Namibia's fishing industry is the third largest contributor to gross domestic product (GDP), accounting for approximately 20% of export earnings. Despite such stellar numbers, women are still not sufficiently empowered to gain economic opportunities in this industry due to a lack of knowledge and …
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Examining the mechanisms for and factors affecting benefit sharing in two South African aquaculture projects
The Blue Economy, that gained traction at the Rio + 2012 Earth Summit hosted by the United Nations, has been put forward as a concept to fast-track socio-economic development in the ocean space in a way that integrates marine conservation and social equity. Aquaculture is one of the key sectors of …
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Examining the mechanisms for and factors affecting benefit sharing in two South African aquaculture projects
The Blue Economy, that gained traction at the Rio + 2012 Earth Summit hosted by the United Nations, has been put forward as a concept to fast-track socio-economic development in the ocean space in a way that integrates marine conservation and social equity. Aquaculture is one of the key sectors of …
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An Analysis of the Social and Political Elements Influencing the Emerging Kelp Aquaculture Industry in British Columbia
The rise of the blue economy, as a political strategy, academic focus, and economic category, demonstrates strong global and regional desires for environmentally sustainable development in the marine space. Aquaculture is a key category in the blue economy. Seaweed aquaculture has been steadily …
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A Sea of Relationships: Investigating Relational Wellbeing in UK Marine Governance
… have yet to be fully employed in relation to the blue economy. The blue economy involves the expansion of existing and emergent new industries into the ocean, which is increasing the diversity of interactions among actors operating within and around the marine environment, intensifying the impacts …
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A Sea of Relationships: Investigating Relational Wellbeing in UK Marine Governance
… have yet to be fully employed in relation to the blue economy. The blue economy involves the expansion of existing and emergent new industries into the ocean, which is increasing the diversity of interactions among actors operating within and around the marine environment, intensifying the impacts …
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Boat-shaped Buoy Optimization of an Ocean Wave Energy Converter Using Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
… or serves as a mobile platform to power the blue economy. The shape of the floating body, or buoy, of the point absorber type WEC is important for the wave energy capture ratio and for the current drag force. In this work, a new approach to optimize the shape of the point absorber buoy is …
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Maritime Piracy as a Challenge to Maritime Governance: A Critical Analysis of Counter Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
… and national fixation on developing the ‘blue economy', and in the context of climate change and the history of inequitable resource governance, it is ever more critical to interrogate the ways in which the maritime space is governed and the types of behaviours this space accepts and …
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A tale of two regions – comparative analysis of maritime security in East and West Africa
… plans that aim at reaping the benefits of the ‘blue economy’, increasingly recognised in East and West Africa.
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The South African tide gauge network and its contribution to maritime safety
… and tsunami warnings while contributing to the “blue economy” through projects like Operation Phakisa. This thesis provides a comprehensive overview of South Africa's tide gauge network, investigates and justifies the reasons behind the locations and gives in depth examples of the essential use …
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Numerical Analysis and Parameter Optimization of Portable Oscillating-Body Wave Energy Converters
… in small-scale applications for powering the blue economy. In this thesis, the objective was to optimize the performance of small-sized, portable, oscillating-body wave energy converters (WECs). Two types of oscillating body WECs were studied: bottom hinged and two-body attenuator. For the …
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The siting of renewable energy developments in a crowded marine space
… between emerging and existing sectors of the blue economy. This has the potential to prevent conflicts in the future and facilitate a just energy transition towards renewable sources.
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The impact of UV radiation on the health and pathogen development of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas)
… role in global food supply and the sustainable blue economy. Oyster culture sites in Europe, USA, Australasia, and Asia have been experiencing episodic summer mass mortality events. These mortality events can be severely damaging with significant impacts on stock reliability and profitability. …