This article introduces the special issue 'Rural hinterland development in sparsely populated
areas (SPAs): new challenges and opportunities arising from urbanisation within the …

In recent years, the approach to wild-caught fisheries management has expanded beyond
traditional single-fishery management. This article examines potential market failures within …

The Arctic is an epicenter of complex environmental and socioeconomic change.
Strengthened connections between Arctic and non-Arctic systems could threaten or …

Micropolitan centers and other regional towns have frequently been conceptualised as
drivers of economic growth in rural regions, providing an ideal balance between rural and …

This paper describes the main developments, issues, and disputes surrounding Iceland's
fisheries and the individual transferable quota (ITQ) system governing them. The path to the …

Rights-based fisheries management–a management system that apportions harvesting
rights of fisheries resources to individuals or groups of individuals based on pre-determined …

Introduction Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) aims at ecosystem-based management of
ocean resources that brings different stakeholders and the public together to discuss their …

As the global climate is changing dramatically, the Westfjords of Iceland are facing a
multitude of challenges, including changing weather patterns, sea level rise, and invasive …

Sustainability is conceptualized as a process of balancing growth, equity, and preservation,
a definition that is drawn from the 1987 Brundtland Commission report, Our Common Future …

Fisheries are critically important for nutrition, food security, livelihoods, and culture of
hundreds of millions of people globally. As climate impacts on ocean ecosystems increase …