Knowledge-Based Development and Ventures in Building Coastal Resilience

Abstract

Due to climate change and rapidly increasing challenges of environmental disturbances, building coastal resilience is becoming necessary for coastal communities. Knowledge-based development and ventures are major subjects in the literature of building coastal resilience. However, current literature on the relationship between knowledge-based development and knowledge-based ventures in building coastal resilience is limited. In this paper, the author shows a design methodology of integrating both knowledge-based development and ventures in building coastal resilience. The methodology is grounded in the theories of input-process-output model of strategic entrepreneurship, docility and business incubation, distributed cognition and network effects, and process-centered value generation. The design is put into action to study the experiences of Louisiana in building coastal resilience during and after historical hurricane Katrina.