Securing blue wealth: The need for a special sustainable development goal for the ocean and coasts

Marine Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 184-191

  Visbeck, Martin ^a   Kronfeld Goharani, Ulrike ^b   Neumann, Barbara ^b   Rickels, Wilfried ^c   Schmidt, Jörn ^b   van Doorn, Erik ^b   Matz Lück, Nele ^b   Ott, Konrad ^b   Quaas, Martin F ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue wealth; Ocean governance; Sustainable development; Sustainable development goal

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84898687981     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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