Investments in oil and gas fields are regressed against variables on panel field-data from the start of oil and gas production on the Norwegian continental shelf in 1968 until 2016. Two alternative models track the observed investments aggregated across fields from 1970 until 2016 relatively...

All at sea -- The marine and coastal 'commons' -- The fit of existing conflict theory -- A collection of conflict cases -- The changing marine social-ecological environment -- The rules, rights and effects of marine resource use -- A new theory of marine and coastal conflict -- Conflict and the...

We examine drivers of cost overruns in Norwegian development projects in the oil and gas sector. The multivariate longitudinal econometric analysis employs a unique and detailed dataset consisting of 80 different projects between 2000 and 2015. Among the significant results, we find that the...

In these last four or five years, the creation of a Maritime Cluster in Portugal has been an issue of first political and economic relevance in the Country. The enlargement of the Continental Shelf under national jurisdiction into a total surface of 2.2 millions square kilometres (with a...

This publication explores the potential costs for coastal adaptation from 2010 until 2050 in East Asia due to climate-induced sea-level rise and possibly more intense tropical cyclones. The results are estimates of possible adaptation needs, which illustrate the possible magnitude of adapting to...

Die maritime Raumordnung hat nicht nur durch Festsetzungen in Raumordnungsplänen der Küstenbundesländer, sondern inzwischen auch aufgrund der früher kaum vorstellbaren Aufstellung solcher Pläne für die deutsche ausschließliche Wirtschaftszone (AWZ) in Nord- und Ostsee an Bedeutung...

This book applies the ‘ecosystem services’ framework to coastal environments, showing how it could facilitate an adaptive management strategy. The contributors describe a decision support system (DSS) based on the 3 Ps - pluralism, pragmatism and precaution - that leads to a more flexible,...

Water pollution in the Venice Lagoon and its catchment is a main environmental issue. In Italy public funds are made available by specific national and regional regulations in order to support the realisation of initiatives for the abatement of pollutant loads that travel from the catchment into...

Parameters a and b of the length-weight relationship (LWR) were estimated for eleven species of mudskippers caught in the coastal areas of Selangor, Malaysia. The values of b ranged from 2.56 to 3.50 with the mean b equal to 2.95 (n=11; sd=0.302). A normal distribution of the calculated LWR...

Unter Federführung des Bundesumweltministeriums (BMU) wurde 2006 die nationale Strategie für ein Integriertes Küstenzonenmanagement vom Bundeskabinett verabschiedet. Danach ist IKZM der dynamische, kontinuierliche, iterative und vom Nachhaltigkeitsprinzip geleitete Prozess der systematischen...

Es wird ein Überblick über 30 Jahre Erfahrung mit Natur- und Umweltschutzrichtlinien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Wattenmeers gegeben und der Frage nachgegangen, in welchem Ausmaß und auf welche Weise das Instrument des integrierten Küstenzonenmanagements (IKZM) zur Integration der...