The Blue Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Working for a Sustainable Future
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-42212-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 605 g

Reihe: Europa Regional Perspectives

The blue economy, comprising coastal and marine resources, offers vast benefits for sub-Saharan Africa: of the 53 countries and territories in the region, 32 are coastal states; there are 13 million sq km of maritime zones; more than 90% of the region’s exports and imports come by sea; and the African Union hails the blue economy as the ‘new frontier of African renaissance’.

Despite their importance, the region’s coastal and marine resources have been neither fully appreciated nor fully utilized. They are only now being recognized as being key to Africa’s potential prosperity. As the region grows, it has, in general, not taken adequate safeguards to protect these valuable resources. That is partly because some of the problems (pollution, for example) are regional and know no borders. All too often, short-term gains are made at the expense of the long term (overfishing, for example).

This book provides, for the first time, a study of the constraints and opportunities the blue economy offers for sub-Saharan Africa. It includes an introduction and overview; sectoral analyses (including tourism, fisheries, mineral resources, culture, shipping and maritime safety); country case studies; and analyses of regional and international efforts towards better coastal zone and marine management.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sparks, Donald L.

SPARKS, DONALD

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Deltas, Flussmündungen, Küstenregionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Meerestechnik, ablandige Plattformen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by The Honorable Vincent Meriton, Former Vice-President of Seychelles

Acknowledgements

The Editor and Contributors

Introduction: The Blue Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Donald L. Sparks

Part I: Elements of the Blue Economy

1 Culture, Communities and Society

Thean Potgieter

- Tourism, Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Threats

Angela M. Lamptey

- Fisheries and Aquaculture in the West Indian Ocean States

Erika Techera and Abdi Fatah Hassan

- Coastal and Offshore Energy and Mineral Resources

Vivian Louis Forbes

- Maritime Safety and Security

Jade Lindley

- Ports, Shipping and Transportation

Vivian Louis Forbes

Part II: Country Case Studies

- South Africa: The Blue Economy Experience

Thean Potgieter

- From Concept to Practice: The Blue Economy in Seychelles

Dominique Benzaken and Kelly Hoareau

- Managing the Blue Economy: A Case Study of Tanzania

Francis Mwaijande

Part III: Financing, Measuring and Governing the Blue Economy

- Innovative Financing for Africa’s Blue Economy

Torsten Thiele

- Measuring the Blue Economy

Charles Colgan, Vivian Louis Forbes and Iddi Mwanyoka

- International Ocean Governance as a Necessary Backdrop to Developing Africa’s Blue Economy

Nick J. Hardman-Mountford, Jeff A. Ardron, Rosemarie Cadogan, Chilenye Nwapi, Alison Swaddling

- Making the Blue Economy Happen

Clever Mafuta

Afterword: What is Possible? What is Likely?

Donald L. Sparks

Über Autor(innen)

Donald L. Sparks, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of International Economics at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, and a university lecturer in International Business at the Management Center Innsbruck, Austria.