Laying the Foundations for Cross-Border Cooperation in Marine Spatial Planning: The Case of the European Macaronesia

Legal-administrative borders in the marine environment rarely coincide with the boundaries of marine ecosystems and their ecological processes. Thus, cooperation in the processes of marine spatial planning (MSP) across borders is essential to apply an ecosystem-based approach. This research analyzes the usefulness of the work flow undertaken to promote cross-border cooperation in MSP for the European Macaronesia. Given the vast extension of the sea basin, it is especially important to define the cooperation scope. The planning of cross-border cooperation initiatives must consider the capacity of the different competent authorities to progress in the MSP process as well as the specific stage that each of the parties involved is. The importance of ensuring the engagement of all competent authorities across all work phases has been confirmed, but it is highlighted the relevance of including those authorities competent in foreign affairs. It is recommended that cross-border cooperation efforts go beyond the process strictly related to spatial planning of the maritime sectors and are used as tools to overcome structural limitations and enhance the natural advantages derived from the island’s condition of insularity and outermost regions. Thus, the proposed work process has proven to be useful as a roadmap to promote cross-border cooperation adapted to the legal-administrative singularities and to respond to the physical-natural and socio-economic realities of the case study.

An overview of the evolution of global debris flow related research from 2010 to 2019 — A bibliometric analysis on based on Web of Science Core Collection

<p>Abstract: Based on 2246 research articles focusing on the topic of “debris flow” derived from Science Citation Index (SCI) database which were published from 2010 to 2019, this article presents a comprehensive review on the global scientific outputs in this research field. By adopting bibliometric analysis, the most productive journals, authors, institutions and countries were identified. Combining with the visual software, the temporal change of the cooperation scope, degree and intensity on country- and institution- level were discussed. It also provides in-depth investigations on the co-occurrence of author key words, which may contribute to reveal the current research hotspots and future development trends. The results of this study can provide a broad insight for scientific community devoting to debris flow related research field and support for the development of other related research work.</p>

Study on the Cooperation Decision-Making Model in Integrated Green Supply Chain for Industrial Wastes Reusing Considerations

Difference from traditional green single supply chain, this paper discusses a multiple supply chains cooperation model with the consideration of production wastes reusing, integrated green supply chain. We establish the uncooperative dynamic game model and the joint decision-making model. The different waste supply and demand quantificational conditions and the output and price strategy of product under the above condition are given. Especially, through comparing the joint decision-making with the independent decision-making, the following are suggested: When waste supply is far less than demand, the cooperation scope of system profit and main product output do not exist; When waste supply is far greater than demand, the cooperation scope of main product output of upstream supply chain is the maximum, and the cooperation scope of system profit is much bigger; When waste supply is roughly matchable to demand, the cooperation scope of system profit and product output of upstream supply chain are the largest.