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Preparing a workforce for the new blue economy : people, products and policies / edited by Liesl Hotaling, Richard W. Spinrad.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, MA, United States : Elsevier, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780128214329
  • 0128214325
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Preparing a workforce for the new blue economy.DDC classification:
  • 331.12 23
LOC classification:
  • HD5706
Online resources:
Incomplete contents:
Section 1. Emerging Opportunities with the New Blue Economy -- 1. What is the New Blue Economy? 2. What is the New Blue Economy? 3. What does the industry look like? Market analysis -- Section 2. Workforce Multi-disciplinary Preparation -- 4. What does the educational enterprise look like? 5. Skill sets 6. Blue Undergraduate and Graduate Students 7. Transition Assistance Program (TAP) and Civilian Job Equivalent Assistance 8. Opportunities for Undeserved audiences 9. Governmental agencies/policy makers -- Section 3 Indicators of a healthy New Blue Economy-- 10. How do we know if it is working -- what is the indicator -- data usage? 11. How does the New Blue Economy influence the traditional Blue Economy 12. Local to Global Impacts of the New Blue Economy -- Section 4 Case Studies -- 13. GoMEX Oil Spill, 14. SuperStorm Sandy 15. Portland Grain shipping, HABs, nuisance flooding, Data production and harvesting 16. New products/programs focused on sustainable use of the ocean? 17. (IBM), Commercial Fisherman -- how will data influence future fisheries management?
Summary: Preparing a Workforce for the New Blue Economy: People, Products and Policies discusses the Blue Economy, how the industry will develop, and how to train the next generation. The book considers the use of big data, key skillsets, training undergraduate and graduate students, the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) in the US, economic opportunities in African coastal countries, and governmental agencies, non-profits and NGO's. Finally, a broad range of case studies are provided, covering oil spills, commercial fishing, data protection and harvesting, sustainability and weather forecasting, all presented to highlight the educational requirements of the workforce and potential economic opportunities. publisher

Section 1. Emerging Opportunities with the New Blue Economy -- 1. What is the New Blue Economy? 2. What is the New Blue Economy? 3. What does the industry look like? Market analysis -- Section 2. Workforce Multi-disciplinary Preparation -- 4. What does the educational enterprise look like? 5. Skill sets 6. Blue Undergraduate and Graduate Students 7. Transition Assistance Program (TAP) and Civilian Job Equivalent Assistance 8. Opportunities for Undeserved audiences 9. Governmental agencies/policy makers -- Section 3 Indicators of a healthy New Blue Economy-- 10. How do we know if it is working -- what is the indicator -- data usage? 11. How does the New Blue Economy influence the traditional Blue Economy 12. Local to Global Impacts of the New Blue Economy -- Section 4 Case Studies -- 13. GoMEX Oil Spill, 14. SuperStorm Sandy 15. Portland Grain shipping, HABs, nuisance flooding, Data production and harvesting 16. New products/programs focused on sustainable use of the ocean? 17. (IBM), Commercial Fisherman -- how will data influence future fisheries management?

Preparing a Workforce for the New Blue Economy: People, Products and Policies discusses the Blue Economy, how the industry will develop, and how to train the next generation. The book considers the use of big data, key skillsets, training undergraduate and graduate students, the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) in the US, economic opportunities in African coastal countries, and governmental agencies, non-profits and NGO's. Finally, a broad range of case studies are provided, covering oil spills, commercial fishing, data protection and harvesting, sustainability and weather forecasting, all presented to highlight the educational requirements of the workforce and potential economic opportunities. publisher

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