Identifying Potential Conflict Associated with Oil and Gas Exploration in Texas State Coastal Waters: A Multicriteria Spatial Analysis

Brody, Samuel D.; Grover, Himanshu; Bernhardt, Sarah P.; Tang, Zhenghong; Whitaker, Bianca; Spence, Colin

doi:10.1007/s00267-005-0265-4

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“…They excluded certain areas from the disturbed category (e.g., protected areas, urban areas) that our model treated as costs or in post-analysis. The Brody et al map [13] is similar in revealing the potential level of conflict, in their case of oil and gas extraction in the Gulf of Mexico. The main differences are that biodiversity was just one of eight marine interests that compete with energy production, and it was represented by spatial data on important habitats rather than inferred from ecological condition.…”

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confidence: 72%

“…Developing projects on low compatibility lands increases the risk of loss of conservation values and the risk that solar developers would face stiff opposition from conservation interests or high mitigation costs. Although the two forms of risk are perceived from opposite perspectives, both share a similar measurement of the potential for conflict [13]. We have chosen the term "compatibility" or the absence of conflict, to highlight the potential for meeting renewable energy objectives without unacceptable loss of biological resources.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Siting solar energy development to minimize biological impacts

2013

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a b s t r a c tAfter solar and other renewable energy developers select generally suitable sites for exploration, they frequently encounter conflict over biodiversity conservation values that were not factored into the initial suitability rating methods. This paper presents a spatial multicriteria analysis method for modeling risk of conflict with biological resources and applies the model in the California deserts where such conflicts are rapidly rising. The premise of the model is that the least conflict will occur on sites that are the most ecologically degraded with low conservation value and that would engender low off-site impacts when connecting to existing transmission infrastructure. Model results suggest sufficient compatible land exists in flat, non-urban areas to meet state solar energy targets of 8.7 GW of installed capacity in the California deserts for 2040. The model is a promising tool to fill the gap between site suitability analysis for renewable energy and regional biodiversity conservation planning to identify areas where rapid impact assessment and permitting will generate the least regrets.

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confidence: 72%

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confidence: 99%

Siting solar energy development to minimize biological impacts

2013

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“…The potential interactions between different sea-related activities are usually displayed by spatially superposing zones where each activity takes place (Maes et al, 2005;Brody et al, 2006;Gimpel et al, 2013); spatial interactions are characterised either by a quantity indicator (the total number of activities), or by a quality indicator (presence/absence of conflicts of interest, or seriousness of potential conflicts). However, not taking the dynamic temporal dimension into account is especially problematic at sea as some activities can take place in the same location, but not at the same time.…”

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confidence: 99%

How can Automatic Identification System (AIS) data be used for maritime spatial planning?

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Ocean & Coastal Management

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Although the importance of Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) as a concept is now acknowledged and the legal framework is in place, the task of applying it remains a delicate one. One of the keys to success is having pertinent data. Knowing how maritime uses unfold in a spatio-temporal context, and what conflicting or synergistic interactions exist between activities, is crucial. However, this information is especially hard to obtain in a marine environment. As a result this information has often been identified as the missing layer in information systems developed by maritime stakeholders. Since 2002, the Automatic Identification System (AIS) has been undergoing a major development. Allowing for real time geo-tracking and identification for equipped vessels, the data that issues from AIS data promises to map and describe certain marine human activities. After recapitulating the main characteristics of AIS and the data it provides, this article proposes to evaluate how AIS is currently used in MSP at a European level, and to concisely present a series of methods and results obtained within the framework of several operational research projects. The objective is to illustrate how the AIS data processing and analysis can produce adequate information for MSP: maritime traffic density, shipping lanes and navigation flows, hierarchical network of maritime routes, alleged fishing zones, spatio-temporal interactions between activities (potential conflicting uses or synergies). The conclusion looks in particular at the legal questions concerning the use of AIS.

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“…This makes GIS tools particularly useful [3]. For the last decades, GIS applications have been successfully used to select most suitable areas for energy projects [4][5][6][7][8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%