scholarly journals The Ecosystem Approach and Sustainable Development in Baltic Sea Marine Spatial Planning: The Social Pillar, a ‘Slow Train Coming’

2018 ◽  
pp. 160-194 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Appropriate Scale and Level in Marine Spatial Planning – Management Perspectives in the Baltic Sea

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aron Westholm
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Transboundary Cooperation ◽  
Maritime Spatial Planning ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The Eu

The ecosystem approach has become a common tool in environmental governance over the last decade. Within the EU context this is most clearly accentuated through the adoption of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the Directive on Maritime Spatial Planning, that both include requirements for member states to apply the approach. This paper examines how the EU countries in the Baltic Sea Regionhave organised their marine spatial planning (MSP) in terms management levels and geographic delimitations. The examination shows that there is no consistent interpretation of what the appropriate level of management, or ecosystem scale, is. These findings are used to inform a discussion on how the ecosystem approach has been applied in the countries around the Baltic Sea, and how this may affect thepotential of transboundary cooperation initiatives.

scholarly journals Multi-Use of the Sea as a Sustainable Development Instrument in Five EU Sea Basins

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8159
Author(s):  
Joanna Przedrzymirska ◽  
Jacek Zaucha ◽  
Helena Calado ◽  
Ivana Lukic ◽  
Martina Bocci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Maritime Spatial Planning ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the concept of maritime multi-use as a territorial/SPATIAL governance instrument for the enhancement of sustainable development in five EU sea basins. Multi-use (MU) is expected to enhance the productivity of blue economy sectors, as well as deliver additional socio-economic benefits related to the environmental and social dimensions of sustainable development. The paper provides a definition of maritime multi-use and identifies the multi-uses with the highest potential in EU sea basins. In each sea basin, multi-use plays a different role as concerns sustainable development. For the Eastern Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, the MU focus should remain on the environmental pillar of sustainable development. In the North Sea, North Atlantic and Western Baltic Sea, addressing social sustainability seems a key precondition for success of MU in enhancement of sustainable spatial development at sea. Moreover, it has been suggested to introduce MU key global strategies such as SDGs or Macroregional strategies and action plans and to supplement maritime spatial planning with sectoral incentives and educational efforts as key vehicles supporting MU. The paper concludes by identifying aspects which, in order to inform maritime spatial planning and maritime governance regarding a more conscious application of the aforementioned concept, require further investigation. Key tasks are related to: more profound evaluation of performance of policies supporting MUs, researching the impact of MU on societal goals and on the MU costs and benefits, including external ones, and finally identifying the impact of MU on the development of various sectors and regions on land.

scholarly journals Imbalances in interaction for transboundary marine spatial planning: Insights from the Baltic Sea Region

2018 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 201-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Janßen ◽  
Riku Varjopuro ◽  
Anne Luttmann ◽  
Andrea Morf ◽  
Hanna Nieminen
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Baltic Sea Region ◽  
The Baltic

scholarly journals Improvement of Maritime Management as a Key Aspect of Sustainable Development and Blue Growth in the Russian Federation

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1212
Author(s):  
Nikolay Plink ◽  
Vera Semeoshenkova ◽  
Tatyana Eremina ◽  
Alexandra Ershova ◽  
Ivan Mushket
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Integral Approach ◽  
Integral Model ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Blue Growth ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Baltic

The conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources has been declared by the United Nations as one of 17 priority Sustainable Development Goals. At present, most of the maritime states are striving to improve the efficiency of their use of marine resources, including sea space. In particular, the European Union is implementing a number of projects related to the implementation of marine spatial planning (MSP) tools. The Baltic Sea is considered as a pilot region, where a pan-Baltic coordinated MSP plan has been developed to provide for sustainable development and blue growth in the marine and coastal economy. The Russian Federation is one of the Baltic countries, but the MSP procedure at the state level does not have institutional and regulatory support, which requires the elimination of gaps and additional development of the maritime management system. The laws of the organization and development of the general theory of management are used in this study. An Integrated Management Model for sustainable marine and coastal use is proposed as a tool for ensuring blue growth, including four interrelated elements (specific management functions), namely “Integrated Coastal Zone Management”, “Marine Spatial Planning”, “Management of Marine Macroregion” and “Ocean Governance”. Their functional content and interaction mechanisms are discussed in order to implement an integral approach to marine use. The vertical structure of the proposed integral model includes three levels corresponding to the federal and regional levels of government and the level of municipal self-governance. The use of the integral model should help accelerate the process of introducing and using MSP instruments in the process of strategic planning in the socio-economic development of the Russian coastal territories.

scholarly journals The whence and whither of marine spatial planning: revisiting the social reconstruction of the marine environment in the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Ritchie ◽  
Linda McElduff
Keyword(s):  
Marine Environment ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Social Constructionist ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Social Reconstruction ◽  
Seminal Paper ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Marine Planning ◽  
The Way

Abstract With the concept of marine spatial planning (MSP) firmly established in the UK with its own legislation, policies and plans underway, this paper critically revisits MSP as part of the wider debate associated with the social reconstruction of the marine environment, as first discussed by Peel and Lloyd’s seminal paper in 2004. We propose that their identified ‘marine problem’ remains and indeed has exacerbated. We ascertain that there has been much change in the governance of the marine environment that has both positively and negatively altered the way that society has (re)constructed solutions to that marine problem. We revisit Hannigan’s (1995) social constructionist framework, showing the degree to which the prerequisites have been satisfied, by providing an overview of how the marine problem has intensified in the preceding 15 years and how the marine problem has now captured the wider public’s attention. We then look at the how the response to the marine problem has evolved by examining at the current marine planning arrangements across the UK. We conclude by stating that the whence of MSP is clear, culminating with the formal introduction of MSP in the UK which has positively altered the way in which the marine environment is socially reconstructed. The whither is much more unclear. With a continually rapidly moving agenda of change, there is much more to be done for us to say that the marine problem has been successfully socially reconstructed.

scholarly journals Habitat mapping towards an ecosystem approach in marine spatial planning

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
K S Schiele ◽  
A Darr ◽  
R Pesch ◽  
B Schuchardt ◽  
C Kuhmann
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Habitat Mapping ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning
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