{
  "id": 9997,
  "url": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1735326",
  "title": "Governing the blue economy in arid coastal regions: opportunities, constraints, and stakeholder perspectives from the Eastern Province coast of Saudi Arabia",
  "summary": "Introduction The blue economy has emerged as a strategic framework for aligning marine-based economic development with environmental sustainability and social equity. Empirical evidence from arid and industrialized coastal regions, however, remains limited. Methods This study employs a convergent mixed-methods design using a structured questionnaire administered to 404 stakeholders across the Eastern Province coastline of Saudi Arabia, complemented by qualitative open-ended responses. Quantitati",
  "authors": "Abdulkarim K. Alhowaish",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "bias-fairness,jobs-economy,environment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "middle-east",
  "published_at": "2026-01-30T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:34:04.102Z",
  "source_slug": "openalex",
  "source_name": "OpenAlex",
  "source_homepage": "https://openalex.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/9997",
  "original_url": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1735326",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}