Open AccessECONOMIC MODELS OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS: AN INTRODUCTION
Author(s) -
SUMAILA USSIF RASHID,
CHARLES ANTHONY T.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
natural resource modeling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.28
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1939-7445
pISSN - 0890-8575
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-7445.2002.tb00089.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , saint , fisheries management , columbia university , fishing , fishery , sociology , operations research , history , computer science , media studies , art history , biology , mathematics
This paper aims to achieve two goals. First, it provides an overview ofmarineprotectedareas(MPAs) aconceptthatisattractingwidespreadattention worldwide and the role of economic analysis and modelingin designing, implementing and evaluating such marine protected ar-eas. Several major considerations to be taken into account in economicmodeling of MPAs are also discussed. Second, the paper serves as anintroduction to a pair of special issues of the journal,