Can sustainable development save the rural coastal community?
The research is presented as the final component of a Master’s Degree in Natural Resource Management with a specialty in Coastal and Marine Management from the University of Akureyri in conjunction with the University of the Westfjords. It serves to answer if the theories of sustainable development...
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ftskemman:oai:skemman.is:1946/9285 2023-05-15T13:08:29+02:00 Can sustainable development save the rural coastal community? Brown, Jennifer E., 1982- Háskólinn á Akureyri 2011-05 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1946/9285 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/1946/9285 Coastal and marine management University Centre of the Westfjords Haf- og strandsvæðastjórnun Sveitarfélög Sjálfbærni Matstæki Ísafjörður Meistaraprófsritgerðir Háskólasetur Vestfjarða Thesis Master's 2011 ftskemman 2022-12-11T07:00:07Z The research is presented as the final component of a Master’s Degree in Natural Resource Management with a specialty in Coastal and Marine Management from the University of Akureyri in conjunction with the University of the Westfjords. It serves to answer if the theories of sustainable development can be used to assess the degree of sustainable development taking place in a rural coastal community in a meaningful way. Through the development of a Sustainable Development Assessment Tool for Rural Coastal Communities, sustainable development in Isafjordur, a community in the Westfjords of Iceland is assessed through a case study. The assessment tool is analysed using a SWOT analysis and is found to provide communities with a large amount of diverse information but the potential for bias exists. The research concludes that the strengthening of connections regionally and at the state-level would benefit the community of Isafjordur and communities like it in their pursuit of sustainable development. Recommendations include improvements of these connections through the diversification of the economy and the use of sustainable development principles to solve community issues. Thesis Akureyri Akureyri Iceland Ísafjörður University of Akureyri Skemman (Iceland) Akureyri Haf ENVELOPE(-19.699,-19.699,64.145,64.145) Ísafjörður ENVELOPE(-22.467,-22.467,65.833,65.833) |
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The research is presented as the final component of a Master’s Degree in Natural Resource Management with a specialty in Coastal and Marine Management from the University of Akureyri in conjunction with the University of the Westfjords. It serves to answer if the theories of sustainable development can be used to assess the degree of sustainable development taking place in a rural coastal community in a meaningful way. Through the development of a Sustainable Development Assessment Tool for Rural Coastal Communities, sustainable development in Isafjordur, a community in the Westfjords of Iceland is assessed through a case study. The assessment tool is analysed using a SWOT analysis and is found to provide communities with a large amount of diverse information but the potential for bias exists. The research concludes that the strengthening of connections regionally and at the state-level would benefit the community of Isafjordur and communities like it in their pursuit of sustainable development. Recommendations include improvements of these connections through the diversification of the economy and the use of sustainable development principles to solve community issues. |
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