scholarly journals Revisiting Approaches to Marine Spatial Planning: Perspectives on and Implications for the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison W. Bates
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Spatial Allocation ◽  
Multiple Pressures ◽  
Integrated Assessments

Marine spatial planning (MSP) offers an operational framework to address sustainable and well-planned use of ocean space. Spatial allocation has traditionally been single-sector, which fails to account for multiple pressures on the marine environment and user conflicts. There is a need for integrated assessments of ocean space to advance quantitative tools and decision-making. Using the example of offshore wind energy, this article offers thoughts about how MSP has evolved in the United States and how the varying scales of MSP achieve different outcomes. Finally, a review of quantitative and qualitative studies that are needed to support MSP are presented.

Is Marine Spatial Planning Enough to Overcome Biological Data Deficiencies?

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kendra Ryan ◽  
Andy Danylchuk ◽  
Adrian Jordaan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Collective Case Study ◽  
Installed Capacity ◽  
Permitting Process

The United States only accounts for 0.2% of the global offshore wind installed capacity despite a potential technical resource four orders of magnitude greater. A cumbersome permitting process is one of the challenges in implementing new projects. Part of this process requires biological data in order to inform assessments of environmental impacts; yet these data may be lacking for particular taxa at the required scale. Marine spatial planning (MSP) is a process that often includes data identification, collection, collation and analyses components. In this paper, we conduct a collective case study of three areas with offshore wind projects located in waters managed by marine spatial plans, focusing on how data efforts inform MSP and offshore wind development. Our study finds that MSP can facilitate data efforts during the permitting phase of offshore wind projects, but that other initiatives, particularly renewable energy policies and zoning, appear critical towards establishing offshore wind.

A National Offshore Wind Strategy. Creating an Offshore Wind Energy Industry in the United States

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Beaudry-Losique ◽  
Ted Boling ◽  
Jocelyn Brown-Saracino ◽  
Patrick Gilman ◽  
Michael Hahn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy

scholarly journals Ocean data portals: Performing a new infrastructure for ocean governance

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 484-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noëlle Boucquey ◽  
Kevin St. Martin ◽  
Luke Fairbanks ◽  
Lisa M Campbell ◽  
Sarah Wise
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
East Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Critical Cartography ◽  
Third Phase ◽  
Ocean Governance ◽  
The World ◽  
New Infrastructure

We are currently in what might be termed a “third phase” of ocean enclosures around the world. This phase has involved an unprecedented intensity of map-making that supports an emerging regime of ocean governance where resources are geocoded, multiple and disparate marine uses are weighed against each other, spatial tradeoffs are made, and exclusive rights to spaces and resources are established. The discourse and practice of marine spatial planning inform the contours of this emerging regime. This paper examines the infrastructure of marine spatial planning via two ocean data portals recently created to support marine spatial planning on the East Coast of the United States. Applying theories of ontological politics, critical cartography, and a critical conceptualization of “care,” we examine portal performances in order to link their organization and imaging practices with the ideological and ontological work these infrastructures do, particularly in relation to environmental and human community actors. We further examine how ocean ontologies may be made durable through portal use and repetition, but also how such performances can “slip,” thereby creating openings for enacting marine spatial planning differently. Our analysis reveals how portal infrastructures assemble, edit, and visualize data, and how it matters to the success of particular performances of marine spatial planning.

Marine Spatial Planning in the United States

2015 ◽  
pp. 507-523
Author(s):  
Stephen B. Olsen ◽  
Jennifer McCann ◽  
Monique LaFrance Bartley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning

scholarly journals Meteorology for Coastal/Offshore Wind Energy in the United States: Recommendations and Research Needs for the Next 10 Years

2014 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina L. Archer ◽  
Brian A. Colle ◽  
Luca Delle Monache ◽  
Michael J. Dvorak ◽  
Julie Lundquist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy

Remaking Oceans Governance

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Fairbanks ◽  
Noëlle Boucquey ◽  
Lisa M. Campbell ◽  
Sarah Wise
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Relational Theory ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Critical Social Science ◽  
Critical Literature

Marine spatial planning (MSP) seeks to integrate traditionally disconnected oceans activities, management arrangements, and practices through a rational and comprehensive governance system. This article explores the emerging critical literature on MSP, focusing on key elements of MSP engaged by scholars: (1) planning discourse and narrative; (2) ocean economies and equity; (3) online ocean data and new digital ontologies; and (4) new and broad networks of ocean actors. The implications of these elements are then illustrated through a discussion of MSP in the United States. Critical scholars are beginning to go beyond applied or operational critiques of MSP projects to engage the underlying assumptions, practices, and relationships involved in planning. Interrogating MSP with interdisciplinary ideas drawn from critical social science disciplines, such as emerging applications of relational theory at sea, can provide insights into how MSP and other megaprojects both close and open new opportunities for social and environmental well-being.

Applications of Monsoon Research: Opportunities to Inform Decision Making and Reduce Regional Vulnerability

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 1608-1627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea J. Ray ◽  
Gregg M. Garfin ◽  
Margaret Wilder ◽  
Marcela Vásquez-León ◽  
Melanie Lenart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
North American ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
The United States ◽  
North American Monsoon ◽  
Precipitation Regime ◽  
The North ◽  
Integrated Assessments ◽  
Inform Decision Making

Abstract This article presents ongoing efforts to understand interactions between the North American monsoon and society in order to develop applications for monsoon research in a highly complex, multicultural, and binational region. The North American monsoon is an annual precipitation regime that begins in early June in Mexico and progresses northward to the southwestern United States. The region includes stakeholders in large urban complexes, productive agricultural areas, and sparsely populated arid and semiarid ecosystems. The political, cultural, and socioeconomic divisions between the United States and Mexico create a broad range of sensitivities to climate variability as well as capacities to use forecasts and other information to cope with climate. This paper highlights methodologies to link climate science with society and to analyze opportunities for monsoon science to benefit society in four sectors: natural hazards management, agriculture, public health, and water management. A list of stakeholder needs and a calendar of decisions is synthesized to help scientists link user needs to potential forecasts and products. To ensure usability of forecasts and other research products, iterative scientist–stakeholder interactions, through integrated assessments, are recommended. These knowledge-exchange interactions can improve the capacity for stakeholders to use forecasts thoughtfully and inform the development of research, and for the research community to obtain feedback on climate-related products and receive insights to guide research direction. It is expected that integrated assessments can capitalize on the opportunities for monsoon science to inform decision making and, in the best instances, reduce regional climate vulnerabilities and enhance regional sustainability.

scholarly journals Oceanic Records of North American Bats and Implications for Offshore Wind Energy Development in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Solick ◽  
Christian Newman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
North American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Terrestrial Environment

Offshore wind energy is a growing industry in the United States, and renewable energy from offshore wind is estimated to double the country’s total electricity generation. There is growing concern that land-based wind development in North America is negatively impacting bat populations, primarily long-distance migrating bats, but the impacts to bats from offshore wind energy is unknown. Bats are associated with the terrestrial environment, but have been observed over the ocean. In this review, we synthesize historic and contemporary accounts of bats observed and acoustically recorded offshore over North American waters to ascertain the spatial and temporal distribution of bats flying offshore. We integrate these records with studies of offshore bats in Europe and of bat behavior at land-based wind energy studies to examine how offshore wind development could impact North American bat populations. We find that most offshore bat records are of long-distance migrating bats and records occur during autumn migration, the period of highest fatality rates for long-distance migrating bats at land-based wind facilities in North America. We summarize evidence that bats may be attracted to offshore turbines for roosting and foraging opportunities, potentially increasing their risk of collision, but that higher wind speeds offshore can potentially reduce the amount of time that bats are exposed to risk. We identify knowledge gaps and hypothesize that a combination of mitigation strategies may be the most effective approach for minimizing impacts to bats and maximizing offshore energy production.

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