Table 1.
Types of Variables | Variables | Operational definition |
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Independent variables | Accessibility | Ease of getting the location |
Information technology | Use of technology in storing, managing and conveying data/information | |
Social capital | Social values that develop in the community | |
Mediating/intervening variable | Port development | Increasing the economic activities and capacity of the port |
Dependent variable | Coastal development | Increasing the value of coastal areas on community welfare |