In Auseinandersetzung mit natürlichen, geographischen und klimatischen Bedingungen haben sich im Verlauf langer historischer Prozesse typische und arbeitsteilig aufeinander bezogene Funktionen von maritimen Wirtschaftsstrukturen, Küstenregionen und Hafenstädten herausgebildet. Ein zentrales...

The Blue economy, relating to the exploitation and preservation of the marine environment, has an associated merchandise trade in Fish and Fish products, as well as in Ships, Boats, and other Floating structures. The marine environment, in the form of rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans, exists...

This paper looks at how "Globalisation" – narrowly defined as the causes and effects of increased international economic integration – has influenced the demand for and supply of maritime products and services, with a particular emphasis on maritime labour. A central argument is that the...

This report presents the global ocean/sea ice configuration at eddy-resolving resolution developed at CMCC, and describes numerical results from the first simulation. The model configuration, based on the NEMO system, has 1/16◦ horizontal spacing at the equator and uses 98 vertical levels. So...

Increased interest in oceans is leading to new and renewed global governance efforts directed toward ocean issues in areas of food production, biodiversity conservation, industrialization, global environmental change, and pollution. Global oceans governance efforts face challenges and...