The conceptual framework of the national blue economic system: A multiagent perspective

Abstract

The blue economy has become an endogenous driving force behind the sustainable economic growth of all countries. While developing the ocean space sustainably, countries are promoting their economic growth, which is the building block for obtaining economic benefits from the blue economy and promoting blue growth. The development potential of the blue economy in different countries depends not only on the resource endowments they own, but also on the internal- and cross-agent correlation that affects the development of the blue economy. Therefore, this paper qualitatively analyzes this complex system based on a multiagent perspective, proposes a conceptual framework of the national blue economic system, and studies the logical relationships between agents with different attributes and their development mechanism. To provide a scientific policy basis for the systematic and multistandard assessment of the development of a country’s blue economy, more interdisciplinary attention is needed and a methodological shift in blue economy studies will be induced in the future.