This book presents state-of-the-art perspectives on the blue economy. It applies important geographical and sustainability transitions perspectives, and underscores how blue economy dynamics are situated in regional contexts and shaped by the people who live there.

C. Patrick Heidkamp is a Professor of Geography in the Department of the Environment, Geography and Marine Sciences at Southern Connecticut State University, USA, and an affiliate faculty member at the University Centre of the Westfjords in Iceland. During much of the editorial work for this volume, he was a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) supported Guest Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Cologne. He is an economic geographer with current research interests in sustainability transitions in the coastal zone and transdisciplinary engagement with the Blue Economy.

John Edward Morrissey is a Lecturer in Geography at Mary Immaculate College (MIC). His research is focused on issues of sustainable development, particularly sustainability transitions, low-carbon development, and challenges of low-carbon economy for urban and coastal communities. John's work is informed by transdisciplinary approaches with a focus on the spatial and social differentiation of transition processes between communities. John has experience of researching sustainability issues in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.

Celine Germond-Duret is a Lecturer in Environmental Politics and Policy at Lancaster University, UK. Her expertise covers marine policy and the Blue Economy, international climate politics and global inequalities, indigenous peoples, as well as discourse analysis. Her work aims at unravelling the power relations and dominant discourses in development and environmental politics and highlighting their practical implications. Her research notably appeared in Development and Change; Environment, Development and Sustainability; Marine Policy; Third World Quarterly; and Sustainable Development. She co-edited a special issue on the Blue Economy published in The Geographical Journal and co-authored the "Blue Economy" entry for the International Encyclopedia of Geography (Wiley-AAG).

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Foreword: Michelle Voyer

Editors Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

1. Blue Economy: People and Regions in Transitions

PART 1): BE People - A Blue Economy for who?

2. A Blue Economy for who? Linking marine social sciences with blue economy discourse
3. Effective Stakeholder Engagement in Coastal Transitions: Floating away from the DAD model toward the MOM method
4. Community acceptance of Blue Energy: Future research trajectories for understanding place-technology fit preferences
5. Conflicts and Communities: Marine Aquaculture and the Blue Economy
6. Of fragile communities and big dreams: the Finnafjordur harbour project in Northeast Iceland

PART 2) BE Regions - Blue Economies in Place

7. The Blue Economy and Its Geographies: The Case of Turkey
8. Experimentation and enactive research: Building a knowledge infrastructure for marine social science
9. The Blue Economy, Climate, Tourism, and Social Injustice in Barbuda
10. Conceptualizing entangled Blue Economy and Marine Spatial Planning: Netting Blue Growth and Sustainable Seas in the UK
11. Blue Economy Agenda for the Baltic Sea Region

PART 3) BE Futures - Blue Economies in Transition

12. Deciding port futures: Ports of Auckland, Marine Spatial Planning and contested ethics in Blue Economy plan making
13. Blue Economy Policies in the European Union: The Case of French Maritime Clusters.
14. The Evolution of Blue Carbon: Exploring the Burgeoning Role of Macroalgae in Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration
15. Strengthening industry and academic links through transdisciplinary action research: An introspective reflection of a collaborative water quality, biodiversity, and aquaculture initiative

CONCLUSION

16. Situating Just Transitions: Sustainability, Innovation, and Inclusion in the Blue Economy?