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Understanding an emerging economic discourse through regional analysis: Blue Economy clusters in the U.S. Great Lakes basin
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Graziano, M and Alexander, KA and Liesch, M and Lema, E and Torres, JA, Understanding an emerging economic discourse through regional analysis: Blue Economy clusters in the U.S. Great Lakes basin, Applied Geography, 105 pp. 111-123. ISSN 0143-6228 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2019.02.013
Abstract
The Blue Economy (BE) is rapidly becoming one of the most commonly applied regional economic paradigms in coastal and maritime regions globally. Since the late 1970s, the U.S. Great Lakes basin has searched for ways to reverse its economic decline, and the BE offers new opportunities to sustain the region's economic development, possibly sustaining its transition towards new economic sectors. In developing, applying, and critically appraising a definition of the BE in one of the largest fresh-water systems in the world, our work identifies how regional characteristics and intersectoral conflicts can pose issues to both policymakers and researchers. The use of standard metrics (e.g. location quotients) allows us to compare our findings with previous works conducted in other regions. From this comparison, and by comparing inter-state differences, we find that the BE in the region comprises highly-productive clusters, although employment specialization remains low. In addition, several BE clusters are dominated by industries that are different compared to those in other regions. To the Great Lakes basin, our work represents a benchmark analysis that builds upon existing concepts used locally by researchers and policymakers alike for crafting policies aimed at supporting economic growth in a region only recently emerging from a long period of economic and demographic decline.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Blue Economy, marine economy, clusters, Great Lakes |
| Research Division: | Built Environment and Design |
| Research Group: | Urban and regional planning |
| Research Field: | Regional analysis and development |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
| Objective Group: | Coastal and estuarine systems and management |
| Objective Field: | Coastal and estuarine systems and management not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Alexander, KA (Dr Karen Alexander) |
| ID Code: | 131623 |
| Year Published: | 2019 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 19 |
| Deposited By: | Sustainable Marine Research Collaboration |
| Deposited On: | 2019-03-27 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-08-24 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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