Pathways to a Sustainable Blue Economy: Exploring Its Barriers in an Emerging Economy
ABSTRACT A sustainable blue economy is primarily intended for responsible consumption of ocean resources, achieving economic growth, and strengthening the overall ecosystem. The roots of the blue economy are embedded in sustainable development, exploiting opportunities for economic welfare and growth, simultaneously focusing on conserving marine health.
Koppiahraj Karuppiah +2 more
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“And DPSIR begat DAPSI(W)R(M)!” - A unifying framework for marine environmental management [PDF]
The marine environment is a complex system formed by interactions between ecological structure and functioning, physico-chemical processes and socio-economic systems.
A. Borja +69 more
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Indigenous knowledge, forest landscape modeling, and the cumulative effects of environmental changes
Abstract Boreal landscapes are exposed to climate change, forestry, and other industrial stressors with consequences for Indigenous people's wellbeing and relationship with traditional lands. As a collaborative and transdisciplinary research team including researchers and students from universities, Indigenous communities, and government and non ...
Annie Claude Bélisle +7 more
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An integrated Pan-European perspective on coastal Lagoons management through a mosaic-DPSIR approach [PDF]
© The Author(s), 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Scientific Reports 6 (2016): 19400, doi:10.1038/srep19400.A decision support framework for the ...
Alves, Fstima L. +14 more
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What Do We Know About the Environmental Status of European Seas?
ABSTRACT The European Union (EU) established the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) to achieve good environmental status (GES) in European seas through an ecosystem‐based approach to management. EU Member States implementing the MSFD must assess the environmental status of their marine waters, as well as the human pressures and impacts ...
Athanasios Nikolaou +2 more
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Evaluation of Ardabil City Carrying Capacity Using DPSIR Method and ELECTRE Model
In the modern view, argument about urban carrying capacity and spaces utilized due to urban development throughout the world has been considered. The increase in size and number of the cities, human activities such as land use change, high consumption of resources and emission of pollutants have left negative impacts on the function and structure of ...
null Ata Ghafari Gilandeh +2 more
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Continental Scale Soil Monitoring: A Proposed Multi‐Scale Framing of Soil Quality
ABSTRACT Globally, soils are subjected to various management practices and stressors which can lead to degradation. This makes their protection essential for sustaining many functions and services as well as maintaining the overall life support system of Earth.
Grant A. Campbell +23 more
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Threats to soil quality in Denmark - A review of existing knowledge in the context of the EU Soil Thematic Strategy [PDF]
The EU Commission is preparing a proposal for a Soil Framework Directive with the purpose of protecting the soil resources in Europe. The proposal identifies six major threats to the sustained quality of soils in Europe. This report addresses the threats
Christensen, B.T. +2 more
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ABSTRACT Divergent sustainable development perspectives, mathematical model limitations, and varying scenarios contribute to uncertainty in assessing renewable energy sustainability. To tackle these challenges, this study conducts a comprehensive literature review, employs an analogy, and utilizes knowledge discovery techniques with an indicator‐to ...
Shoeib Faraji Abdolmaleki +1 more
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Ecological Health Assessment of Xiamen Bay Based on the DPSIR Model
Maintaining the health of the bay ecosystem is of vital importance for the sustainable development of human society. This study constructed a comprehensive ecosystem health evaluation index system, based on the Driving force-Pressure-State-Influence ...
WU Sipan +4 more
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