A capability approach to assess aquaculture sustainability standard compliance

Sustainability economics, ontology and the capability approach

The coastal sustainability standard: A management systems approach to ICZM

This paper presents a systems-based appraisal methodology that has been designed specifically to consider the effectiveness of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) initiatives. Since ICZM is defined in terms of achieving sustainable development, any such initiative must therefore be capable of meeting the multiple and often conflicting objectives inherent in this ubiquitous concept. The me...

Compliance with an Information Security Management Standard: A New Approach

The principal aim of this paper is to examine an innovative approach to determine the extent that an organisation complies with a generally-accepted information security management standard. This new approach is modelled on the Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) methodology and is combined with a set of baseline security controls extracted from the International Standard AS/NZS ISO/IEC 17799: 2001. ...

A Capability Maturity Model to assess Government ICT4D Policy

The efforts of a Government to provide ICTs in a developing country are mostly well intended but not always successful. To establish why this happens can be a complex process. Influencing government initiatives are a variety of inhibitors, enablers and influences ranging from the diversity of stakeholders and their cultures and history, to skill levels, existing infrastructure, economic conditi...

A Deductive Approach to the Relationship between Climate Change and Aquaculture Sector

This paper addresses the relationship between climate change and aquaculture sector through comparing the contribution of developed and developing countries in gas emission (CO2) and aquaculture production. As long as aquaculture industry is vital source of food and revenue for most developing countries, their livelihood presumably would be affected negatively by global warming. Examining data ...