The Blue Economy - An Asian Perspective

This volume defines and analyzes the Blue Economy, a system that encompasses all the economic activities which are happening in and around the ocean within a sustainable development framework, with focus on countries in Asia. This work is timely, as Blue Economy activities account for a significant share of GDPs in the island and coastal economies in the Asia region, sustaining the livelihoods of one of the largest sections of the world's population. This book, therefore, assesses how the Blue Economy contributes to these livelihoods from economic and ecological perspectives and analyzes the various types of ecosystem services provided, and how these services are regulated and maintained. While most studies of the Blue Economy focus only on the economic aspects, this book provides ample statistical data to demonstrate why ecosystem services should additionally be considered for the estimation and valuation of the Blue economy. The book is primarily meant for researchers, stude nts, and teachers in the fields of environmental and ocean economics, sustainable development, and ecosystem services, and will be of further interest to policymakers and government officials working in matters related to the Blue Economy and sustainability policy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Chapter 1: Blue Economy: An overview.- Chapter 2: Advancement of Science and Technology: Future prospect of Blue Economy.- Chapter 3: Marine Ecosystem Services: Viewing from a Sustainable Management Approach.- Chapter 4: Commerce and trade of marine-based industries in a blue economy.- Chapter 5: Role and Prospect of Marine biotechnology in a blue economy.- Chapter 6: Powering the Blue Economy: An Assessment of Marine Renewable Energies.- Chapter 7: Operationalizing of Ocean wealth : Contribution of Fisheries, Edible and Non-edible seafood and aquaculture.- Chapter 8: Desalinisation of ocean water: How far does it contribute to the blue economy.- Chapter 9: Ocean as a repository for waste: An Assessment.- Chapter 10: Role of Blue Carbon in the protection and restoration of marine ecosystems.- Chapter 11: Conservation and Protection of Marine Biodiversity: Assessing the role of blue economy.- Chapter 12: Multifacet role of mangroves in the blue economy and its assessment.- Chapter 13:Tourism and recreation: Valuing its role in the blue economy.- Chapter 14: Monitoring the Health of Blue Ecosystems.- Chapter 15: Climate Change and induced impact on Blue Economy.- Chapter 16: Coastal Urbanisation: Challenges towards a sustainable blue economy.- Chapter 17: Present Status of ocean and International maritime regulations.- Chapter 18: Issues in designing future marine policy in regard to oceans governance and integrated Ocean management.