This study looks at alternatives to oil in the aftermath of the oil crisis in 1973/74 and the oil price rise in 1979. Besides supply-oriented approaches, which encourage the identification and exploration of domestic energy resources, a wide range of actions for energy demand management became...

Southeast Asia, located on the Europe-Far East trade route, is one of the busiest shipping region of the world and a major source of seafarers for the international shipping industry. In the context of the growing maritime aspirations of the region and the depressed state of world shipping, a...