The Impact of Financial Resources, Knowledge, Conflicts, and Involvement Issues in Coastal Development: Empirical Investigation of Vietnam

Abstract

Coastal development is becoming the global requirement for international integration and attained the attention of regulators and upcoming pieces of literature. Thus, the current research investigates the impact of various issues such as sustainable financial resources, stakeholder and community involvement, minimize conflicts of interest and knowledge of coastal zone management on the coastal development in Vietnam. This research also examines the mediating role of coastal development among the links of sustainable financial resources, stakeholder and community involvement, minimize conflicts of interest, knowledge of coastal zone management, and international integration in Vietnam. This study has adopted the quantitative approach of data collection and used the questionnaires for this goal and also analyzed it by using smart-PLS. The results indicated that sustainable financial resources, stakeholder and community involvement, minimize conflicts of interest, and knowledge of coastal zone management has a positive association with coastal development in Vietnam. The findings also revealed that coastal development positively mediates among the nexus of sustainable financial resources, stakeholder and community involvement, minimize conflicts of interest, knowledge of coastal zone management, and international integration in Vietnam. This study has guided the policymakers regarding developing the policies related to coastal development that enhance international integration.