ABOUT THE BOOK
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This volume presents the essential
ingredients of the Blue Economy and discusses its various components. The role
of sustainable development of fisheries, renewable ocean energy, marine leisure
industry, maritime infrastructure and deep seabed mining in promoting the Blue
Economy are presented. The book deliberates on the mechanisms of the
implementation of the Blue Economy from global, regional and country-specific perspectives.
It also examines various enablers of the Blue Economy such as maritime
security, maritime administration, financing and the role of entrepreneurship
in the development of the Blue Economy.
ABOUT Author
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Dr
Vijay Sakhuja is Director, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi. A former
Navy officer, he has worked in a number of Indian think tanks and was Director
of Research at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), New Delhi. He is
also visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
(ISEAS), Singapore. Dr Sakhuja is the author of Asian Maritime Power in the
21st Century: Strategic Transactions: China, India, Southeast Asia and
Confidence Building from the Sea: An Indian Initiative and co-author of Climate
Change and the Bay of Bengal: Evolving Geographies of Fear and Hope`. He has
edited/co-edited over 30 volumes on various geopolitical/geostrategic issues
and maritime history. Dr Vijay Sakhuja is the Editor, Maritime Affairs (Taylor
& Francis).
Commander
(Dr) Kapil Narula is a serving officer of the Indian Navy and is
currently posted as a Research Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation, New
Delhi. He holds an MTech degree in Electrical Engineering (IIT, Kharagpur)
and a PhD degree in Development Economics (IGIDR, Deemed University of
the Reserve Bank of India). His areas of competence are energy, sustainability,
economic policy, climate change and maritime issues and he attempts to
integrate multidisciplinary aspects in his work. His papers have appeared in
various academic journals published by Elsevier and at online forums such as
the Oxford Energy Forum and the Asian Development Bank Institute. He is the
co-author/editor of five books on maritime issues.