Blue Economy: People and Regions in Transitions

276 Pages·2022·11.253 MB·English

by  C. Patrick Heidkamp, John Edward Morrissey, Celine Germond Duret

BLUE ECONOMY
This book presents state-of-the-art perspectives on the Blue Economy. It applies
important geographical and sustainability transitions perspectives and under-
scores how Blue Economy dynamics are situated in regional contexts and shaped
by the people who live there.
The book highlights the Blue Economy concept as a potential driver of
regionally sensitive, ecologically embedded, and community-focused sustain-
ability. The scope for Blue Economy to form a core “cog” in our low-carbon
future is obvious, from the potential for renewable energy production and coastal
resilience building to possibilities for sustainable food production and the deliv-
ery of economic opportunities for peripheral communities. However, funda-
mental questions remain on how to meaningfully deliver these promises, such
as how to avoid embedding a model of damaging extractivism, as per the ter-
restrial economy, and how to deliver on the key social sustainability principles
of human well-being, equity, and justice when planning and developing blue
economies. As the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
opens, this book provides a timely reminder of the richness, diversity, and poten-
tial of coastal and marine spaces. It advances geographical and transdisciplinary
understandings of the Blue Economy and sets a baseline for continued scholarly
engagement with the Blue Economy from a variety of perspectives.
This timely contribution will be of interest to policy makers, academics,
industry leaders, decision makers, and stakeholders working in or connected to
the Blue Economy Sphere and working in the fields of Economic Geography,
Regional Development, Public Policy and Planning, Environmental Studies,
and Coastal Zone Management.
C. Patrick Heidkamp is a Professor of Geography in the Department of the
Environment, Geography and Marine Sciences at Southern Connecticut State
University, USA, and an affiliate faculty member at the University Centre of
the Westfjords in Iceland. During much of the editorial work for this volume,
he was a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) supported Guest Pro-
fessor in the Department of Geography at the University of Cologne. He is an
economic geographer with current research interests in sustainability transitions
in the coastal zone and transdisciplinary engagement with the Blue Economy.
John Edward Morrissey is a Lecturer in Geography at Mary Immaculate
College (MIC). His research is focused on issues of sustainable development,
particularly sustainability transitions, low-carbon development, and challenges
of low-carbon economy for urban and coastal communities. John’s work is
informed by transdisciplinary approaches with a focus on the spatial and social
differentiation of transition processes between communities. John has experi-
ence of researching sustainability issues in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and
the UK.
Celine Germond-Duret is a Lecturer in Environmental Politics and Policy
at Lancaster University, UK. Her expertise covers marine policy and the Blue
Economy, international climate politics and global inequalities, indigenous
peoples, as well as discourse analysis. Her work aims at unravelling the power
relations and dominant discourses in development and environmental politics
and highlighting their practical implications. Her research notably appeared
in Development and Change; Environment, Development and Sustainability; Marine
Policy; Third World Quarterly; and Sustainable Development. She co-edited a special
issue on the Blue Economy published in The Geographical Journal and co-authored
the “Blue Economy” entry for the International Encyclopedia of Geography
(Wiley-AAG).
The Dynamics of Economic Space
This series aims to play a leading international role in the development, promul-
gation and dissemination of new ideas in economic geography. It has as its goal
the development of a strong analytical perspective on the processes, problems and
policies associated with the dynamics of local and regional economies as they are
incorporated into the globalizing world economy. In recognition of the increas-
ing complexity of the world economy, the Commission’s interests include: indus-
trial production; business, professional and financial services, and the broader
service economy including e-business; corporations, corporate power, enterprise
and entrepreneurship; the changing world of work and intensifying economic
interconnectedness.
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Blue Economy
People and Regions in Transitions
Edited by C. Patrick Heidkamp, John Morrissey and Celine Germond-Duret

BLUE ECONOMY
People and Regions in Transitions
Edited by C. Patrick Heidkamp,
John Edward Morrissey and
Celine Germond-Duret
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CONTENTS
List of Figures x
List of Tables xii
List of Contributors xiv
Foreword xxi
Acknowledgements xxiii
INTRODUCTION 1
1 Blue Economy: People and Regions in Transitions 3
C. Patrick Heidkamp, John Morrissey, Celine Germond-Duret,
and Maeve Rourke
PART 1
Blue Economy—People 11
2 A Blue Economy for Whom?: Linking Marine Social
Sciences with Blue Economy Discourse 13
Emma McKinley
3 Effective Stakeholder Engagement in Coastal Transitions:
Floating away from the DAD Approach towards the
MOM Method 26
Miriah Kelly and Stephen Axon
viii Contents
4 Community Acceptance of Blue Energy: Identifying
Future Research Trajectories for Understanding
“Place-Technology-Fit” Perceptions 38
Stephen Axon
5 Conflicts and Communities: Marine Aquaculture
and the Blue Economy 52
Teresa R. Johnson and Samuel P. Hanes
6 Of Fragile Communities and Big Dreams:
The Finnafjörðurur Harbour Project in Northeast Iceland 67
Matthias Kokorsch and Johannes Stein
PART 2
Blue Economy—Regions: Blue Economies in Place 81
7 The Blue Economy and Its Geographies: The Case of Turkey 83
Nuri Yavan and Mehmet Ragıp Kaleliog˘lu
8 Experimentation and Enactive Research: Building a
Knowledge Infrastructure for Marine Social Science 101
Nicolas Lewis and Richard Le Heron
9 The Blue Economy, Climate, Tourism, and Social Injustice
in Barbuda 117
José A. Torres
10 Conceptualising Entangled Blue Economy and Marine
Spatial Planning: Netting Blue Growth and Sustainable
Seas in the UK 127
Gordon M. Winder
11 Blue Economy Agenda for the Baltic Sea Region 141
Oliver Klein, Clemens Lisdat, and Christine Tamásy
PART 3
Blue Economy—Futures: Blue Economies in Transitions 157
12 Deciding Port Futures: Ports of Auckland, Marine Spatial
Planning, and Contested Ethics in Blue Economy Plan Making 159
Marie Aschenbrenner and Gordon M. Winder
Contents ix
13 Blue Economy Policies in the European Union: The Case
of French Maritime Clusters 174
Ebru Ariciog˘lu and Ezgi Biçer Uçar
14 The Evolution of Blue Carbon: Exploring the Burgeoning
Role of Macroalgae in Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration 188
Louie Krak and C. Patrick Heidkamp
15 Strengthening Industry and Academic Links Through
Transdisciplinary Action Research: An Introspective
Reflection of a Collaborative Water Quality, Biodiversity,
and Aquaculture Initiative 220
Lauren Brideau, Emma L. Cross, Annette F. Govindarajan,
Dan Martino, Greg Martino, Miranda Holland, Gabriela Triay,
and C. Patrick Heidkamp
16 Conclusion: Situating Just Transitions: Sustainability,
Innovation, and Inclusion in the Blue Economy? 234
C. Patrick Heidkamp, Michaela Garland, John Morrissey,
Celine Germond-Duret, and Matthias Kokorsch
Index 243