Cooperation between the social and natural sciences has become essential in order to encompass all the dimensions of coastal zone management. Socio-economic approaches are increasingly recommended to complement integrated assessment in support of these initiatives. A systematic review of the academic literature was carried out in order to analyze the main types of socio-economic assessments use...

This article discusses concepts of self-government, dependence and independence in the light Tokelau New Zealand practices. Kin-based forms mutual are compared with demands for specific self-governance practiced by administration. Tensions value have emerged between village based political leadership, public servants administrative infrastructure. The smallness Tokelau's land area is complement...

The tourism sector, which has high inter-industry and cross-country linkages, is well suited to be the leading sector to accelerate regional economic growth and integration. International and domestic tourism are leading economic activities in the world today. Tourism has been known to generate goods and services directly and indirectly, attract foreign currency, stimulate employment, and provi...

This paper presents an agent-based model of a land market (ALMA-C) to simulate the emergence of land prices and urban land patterns from bottom-up. Our model mimics individual decisions to buy and to sell land depending on economic, sociological and political factors as well as on the characteristics of the spatial environment. To this we add ecological and environmental considerations and focu...

The South China Sea is a sea area located south of and directly borders with other countries in the Asia Pacific Southeast Asia. Chinese government claims unilaterally its territorial territory on basis Nine Dash Line. Often based this it becomes dispute or conflict between neighboring countries. In order to affirm sovereign North Natuna waters, Government Indonesia named which included Exclusi...