Business sector involvement in maritime spatial planning – Experiences from the Baltic Sea region

Luhtala, Hanna; Erkkilä-Välimäki, Anne; Eliasen, Søren Qvist; Tolvanen, Harri

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104301

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“…Ship owners were generally reluctant to share their insights as well as company performance data and development plans. This is in line with the conclusions of Luhtala et al [24] and, in this light, completing the responses among the entire group of stakeholders is very valuable [25]. The survey consisted of 11 questions concerning basic information about the company, operated connections on the Vistula Lagoon, passengers served, as well as an assessment of the functioning and vision of development.…”

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Development Prospects of Tourist Passenger Shipping in the Polish Part of the Vistula Lagoon

Puzdrakiewicz

Połom

2021

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The Vistula Lagoon is a cross-border area with high natural values and a developing market of tourist services. Passenger shipping is an important part of local tourism, but ship owners are insufficiently involved in planning processes and their views on creating shipping development are underrepresented. The article aims to compare the vision of the development of passenger shipping in the Polish part of the Vistula Lagoon between local governments creating the spatial policy and ship owners offering transport services. We have made an attempt to verify the development prospects. The collation of these visions was based primarily on the qualitative analysis of the content of planning and strategic documents (desk research method) and a survey conducted among all six ship owners. Thanks to the comparative analysis, it was possible to show similarities and differences and to indicate recommendations. The paper presents review of the available literature on the subject, thanks to which the research area was identified as unique in Europe. On the one hand, it is a valuable natural area, which is an important tourist destination, on the other hand, there are organizational and infrastructural limitations in meeting the needs of tourists. Then, field research was conducted, unpublished materials were collected, and surveys were conducted with the operators of passenger ships operating in the Vistula Lagoon. The performed analyses allowed for the formulation of conclusions and recommendations. Similarities in the directions of promoting tourism in the region, improving the quality of infrastructure, eliminating obstacles in international traffic and discrepancies in the co-financing of ship owners’ activities by local governments, shaping the future transport offer or the construction of the Vistula Spit canal are identified. Economic calculation, particularly vital for the private sector (ship owners), is an important criterion for verifying the assumed goals.

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confidence: 69%

Development Prospects of Tourist Passenger Shipping in the Polish Part of the Vistula Lagoon

Puzdrakiewicz

Połom

2021

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“…Notably, SRM theories addresses the set of managerial practices aimed at managing the relationships of a company or organization with its relevant stakeholders. 14 The relevance of each category of stakeholders is dynamic and varies due to the business lifecycle phase. Managing relations with stakeholders implies a first activity of identification of stakeholders and their subsequent classification, identifying their interests and needs.…”

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confidence: 99%

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2021

JAMB

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This study paper aims to examine the main interdependencies and synergies between Blue Economy sectors and relatedly prominent business and economic actors. In particular, the research proposes emerging strategic management perspectives capable to better understand potential interdependences and synergies among BE sectors, also deepening the relevance of relationship established between main business actors populating these sectors. For this purpose, stakeholder relationship management, maritime spatial planning, and innovation ecosystem theories are suggested as the most fitting theoretical constructs to be applied. Grounding on a systematic academic literature review, insights from a grey review and anecdotal evidence emerging from a valuable business case focus on interdependences and synergies which may originate among Marine living resources, Marine Renewable Energy and Bioeconomy sectors. By stressing, the potential synergic interactions on which innovation ecosystems grounds on, this theoretical model is used for highlighting how parties involved in the ecosystem can support the introduction and diffusion of innovative processes, products and services in the Blue Economy domain, exploiting the aforementioned interdependences among BE sectors and actors, overcoming the technological issues that represent an obstacle to inter-sectorial upgrading and economic success. Research outcomes from the performed academic and grey literature review, jointly with evidence form the selected business case unveils that a strategic management perspective, which support the adoption of several managerial theories such innovation ecosystems, stakeholder relationships management and marine spatial planning allows a better understanding of the investigated phenomenon and favor the development of green and sustainable strategies pursued by prominent actors populating the BE industry and related sectors, thus supporting their license to operate when managing relationships with their main stakeholders.

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“…As for the MSP, its competence has been considered a priority issue, since there is a need to manage water to ensure that activities in this environment are carried out in a safe, efficient and sustainable manner. Because of its potential and relevance to the implementation of ocean management and operational governance, the MSP has gained considerable importance over the last decade, and many nations around the world have begun to develop their own spatial planning processes [44,45]. An example of the concern for maritime spatial planning is to be found in the European Union in Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning promotes sustainable use and appropriate allocation of maritime space, recognizing that marine waters, ecosystems and resources are under significant pressure from human activities, the effects of climate change, natural disasters and coastal dynamics which can impact on coastal development and economic growth.…”

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Analysis and Trends of Global Research on Nautical, Maritime and Marine Tourism

Martínez-Vázquez

Milán-García

Valenciano

2021

JMSE

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Tourism related to the sea and boating activities is becoming increasingly popular and revolves around a range of leisure, water sports, nautical or other maritime activities. This article studies the main scientific contributions in this area, bearing in mind the complexity of finding a suitable definition of this concept. Hence, the aim of this paper is to analyze the scientific production from 1986 to 2020 in impact journals of the terms “nautical tourism”, “maritime tourism” and “marine tourism” considering the following variables: number of documents, number of articles, period being studied, Hirsch citations and index. The results show an increasing trend in terms of both the number of published articles and citations publications from 2007 onwards and the review of the literature raises the need to define a new concept: “blue tourism”. Future trends in research include terms such as tourist ports, quality of websites and blue economy.

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Business sector involvement in maritime spatial planning – Experiences from the Baltic Sea region

Cited by 15 publications

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Development Prospects of Tourist Passenger Shipping in the Polish Part of the Vistula Lagoon

Development Prospects of Tourist Passenger Shipping in the Polish Part of the Vistula Lagoon

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Analysis and Trends of Global Research on Nautical, Maritime and Marine Tourism

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