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This series includes a wide range of inter-disciplinary approaches to oceans and the marine environment, integrating perspectives from both social and natural sciences. It includes research monographs, textbooks and titles aimed at professionals, NGOs and policy-makers. Authors or editors of potential new titles should contact Hannah Ferguson, Editor ([email protected]).

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Securitizing Marine Protected Areas Geopolitics, Environmental Justice, and Science

Securitizing Marine Protected Areas: Geopolitics, Environmental Justice, and Science

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Elizabeth M. De Santo
July 04, 2024

This book presents a novel examination of Marine Protected Areas within a security context, bridging science, policy and geopolitics, and addressing the often-under-emphasized aspect of environmental justice. The book argues that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are not only a critical tool for ...

Fishing Europe's Troubled Waters Fifty Years of Fisheries Policy

Fishing Europe's Troubled Waters: Fifty Years of Fisheries Policy

1st Edition

By David Symes
March 31, 2023

Spanning the last 50 years of fisheries policy in Europe, this book is the parting contribution and career-spanning reflection from one of Europe’s most renowned social scientists working in the field of fisheries management and policy. The last 50 years have without doubt been the most turbulent ...

Oceans and Society An Introduction to Marine Studies

Oceans and Society: An Introduction to Marine Studies

1st Edition

Edited By Ana Spalding, Daniel Suman
February 28, 2023

This unique textbook presents an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of marine studies, exploring the dynamic relationship between people and the marine environment. Emphasizing the human dimension of coastal and ocean issues, the book provides an innovative examination of the complex ...

Transdisciplinary Marine Research Bridging Science and Society

Transdisciplinary Marine Research: Bridging Science and Society

1st Edition

Edited By Sílvia Gómez, Vera Köpsel
December 23, 2022

Drawing on the expertise of marine researchers from both the natural and social sciences, this book examines how we, as both scientists and societies, can return to a sustainable co-existence with the ocean and use the tools of transdisciplinarity to bring together the diverse forms of knowledge ...

Offshore Energy and Marine Spatial Planning

Offshore Energy and Marine Spatial Planning

1st Edition

Edited By Katherine L. Yates, Corey J. A. Bradshaw
March 31, 2021

The generation of offshore energy 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 ...

Marine and Fisheries Policies in Latin America A Comparison of Selected Countries

Marine and Fisheries Policies in Latin America: A Comparison of Selected Countries

1st Edition

Edited By Manuel Ruiz Muller, Rodrigo Oyanedel, Bruno Monteferri
October 07, 2019

This book reviews the frameworks and implementation of marine, fishery and coastal laws and policies in Chile, Mexico and Peru. Chile, Mexico and Peru share biodiverse coastal and marine environments which are being affected by unregulated and informal developments, and thus share similar ...

Ocean Energy Governance Challenges for Wave and Tidal Stream Technologies

Ocean Energy: Governance Challenges for Wave and Tidal Stream Technologies

1st Edition

Edited By Glen Wright, Sandy Kerr, Kate Johnson
July 29, 2019

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. ...

Conflicts over Marine and Coastal Common Resources Causes, Governance and Prevention

Conflicts over Marine and Coastal Common Resources: Causes, Governance and Prevention

1st Edition

By Karen A. Alexander
July 23, 2019

This book explores the types of conflicts that occur over marine and coastal resources, the underlying causes, and attempts to prevent them. Despite the emergence of various marine and coastal governance approaches to address the effects of human activities within the marine environment, conflict ...

Marine Policy An Introduction to Governance and International Law of the Oceans

Marine Policy: An Introduction to Governance and International Law of the Oceans

2nd Edition

By Mark Zacharias, Jeff Ardron
June 25, 2019

This book provides readers with a foundation in policy development and analysis, describing how policy, including legal mechanisms, are applied to the marine environment. It presents a systematic treatment of all aspects of marine policy, including climate change, energy, environmental protection, ...

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

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

1st Edition

By Peter B. Myles
April 15, 2019

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.  Such activities, including shipping, ...

Marine Extremes Ocean Safety, Marine Health and the Blue Economy

Marine Extremes: Ocean Safety, Marine Health and the Blue Economy

1st Edition

Edited By Erika Techera, Gundula Winter
January 16, 2019

Marine extremes, as they are conceived of in this volume, encompass environments, activities, events and impacts. Extreme environments found in and around our oceans, including the deep sea and seabed as well as the frozen polar regions, are being seriously affected by both extreme behaviours (...

Coral Reefs: Tourism, Conservation and Management

Coral Reefs: Tourism, Conservation and Management

1st Edition

Edited By Bruce Prideaux, Anja Pabel
September 04, 2018

Coral reefs are an important tourism resource for many coastal and island destinations and generate a range of benefits to their local communities, including as a food source, income from tourism, employment and recreational opportunities. However, coral reefs are under increasing threat from ...

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