Locus of Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) in Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP): A Data-Driven, Place-Based and Participatory Planning Perspective

Koutsi, Dionisia; Stratigea, Anastasia

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-10545-6_46

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“…The example of MSP in Germany illustrates that MSP may face challenges when it comes to allocating land-use effectively in a contested space [135,136] (Table 4). ϖ Preventing vague targets for wind energy without spatial speci city, which may not achieve the desired planning results.…”

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Coordination challenges in wind energy development: Lessons from cross-case positive planning approaches to avoid multi-level governance ‘free-riding’

Weber

2023

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Achieving national renewable energy targets presents multi-level governance challenges, such as uneven progress and discrepancies arising from varying subordinate specifications and incentives on wind energy development. Governments have commenced adopting ‘positive planning’ that aim to integrate energy targets with spatial and land use planning, yet detailed discussions regarding wind energy development remain scarce. This paper assesses three cases in Germany and Sweden within criteria-based explanatory case studies to provide planners and policy makers with knowledge on key factors, lessons learned, and challenges. Positive planning appears to center on a strong energy target focus, limited space, and a balanced approach, shaped by the socio-political context. While Germany more recently embraces positive planning, Sweden started ambitiously on a national level but encounters policy and planning challenges. Planning agencies play an important role in promoting wind energy targets at mid-scale levels; however, legally binding targets matter. Striking a balance between energy targets and addressing land use concerns without disregarding them requires managing a delicate trade-off. Early communication and inter-agency collaboration, as seen in Sweden, might facilitate identifying compromises, navigating trade-off between species protection and renewable energy and offering municipal incentives. Nonetheless, satisfactory spatial trade-offs for long-term proof of concept remains a challenge.

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Coordination challenges in wind energy development: Lessons from cross-case positive planning approaches to avoid multi-level governance ‘free-riding’

Weber

2023

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“…Tourists aren't typically motivated by a desire to learn more about a different culture; their primary objective is to have enjoyable experiences, which may involve heritage assets. Therefore, many nations such as Italy, France, Greece, and Malta have begun advertising and promoting UCH to spread knowledge about the importance of protecting the diverse and rich cultural history that lies beneath the ocean's surface and the economic benefits that can accrue from doing so (Koutsi & Stratigea, 2022).…”

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Virtual Reality and Virtual Diving Technologies: Innovative Tools to Promote Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Red Sea, Egypt

Kamel

Elshiwy

2022

Journal of Tourism, Hotels and Heritage

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‫ا‬ ‫ل‬ ‫م‬ ‫لخ‬ ‫ص‬Virtual reality (VR) is a synthetic, computer-simulated experience that imitates the real world and stimulates the users' visual and auditory senses. With the aid of developed exosomatic instruments and artificial intelligence, VR users may experience a genuine maritime and cultural heritage environment. Virtual diving (VD) refers to the application of virtual reality technology in the context of Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH). VD allows diver and non-diver tourists to explore the underwater archeological sites, engaging them in an enjoyable experience. Therefore, this study examines how to take advantage of modern technology to promote the Egyptian UCH to be more reachable to large-scale tourism. The Red Sea is one of the most global sites for marine biodiversity. Five maritime and UCH sites in the Red Sea were chosen which are SS Thistlegorm, Wadi el-Jarf,Marsa Gawasis,Saadana Island,and Ain Sokhna. Researchers designed a spatial geodatabase for study sites using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). A qualitative methodology approach was adopted through semi-structured interviews with managers and experts in some official institutions responsible for managing the Egyptian UCH. Results revealed that VR and VD technologies can be applied in particular sites compared to others due to some practical considerations such as water condition, accessibility, the possibility of monitoring the site, and the risk of heritage destruction. Experts have shown great interest in VR and VD, asserting that UCH in the Red Sea necessitates innovative marketing strategies. Eventually, some suggestions for exploiting VR and VD were proposed for managers and policymakers to promote the Egyptian maritime and UCH.

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“…The study of LSI is indispensable when seeking to achieve the sustainable use of maritime resources in the context of MSP and/or ICZM [15]; and aims to ensure that such studies attain proper integration and coherence of activities across marine and terrestrial areas [16,17], and a consistent codevelopment of landward, coastal and maritime activities [3]. In fact, getting insight into LSI aims at: informing MSP processes by properly identifying repercussions on the sea of land and land-based marine components of the coast; and taking them into consideration when planning in marine space.…”

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Land-Based Multi-level Spatial and Developmental Policy Directions and Their Implications in the Marine Environment: Case Study Northern Aegean Sea, Greece

Gourgiotis,

Koutsi,

Krommyda

et al. 2024

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European strategic policy directions towards a sustainable blue economy have strengthened interest in maritime investments, thus increasing sectoral competition for marine space. Emerging repercussions out of such a rising interest need to be handled by Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) as a means for: properly allocating marine space to diverse uses; managing conflicts and promoting synergies among them; and pursuing a multi-use perspective of this space. A critical stage of each MSP exercise is the exploration of land-based spatial/developmental directions and their current or potential repercussions in the marine environment in order for constraints but also perspectives in policy choices/maritime uses in the MSP context to be featured; and attainment of a successful coherence or coordination between land and marine spatial/developmental policies to be ensured, by analyzing Land-Sea-Interaction (LSI) and embedding it in the MSP. The latter is the focus of this paper aiming to illuminate critical issues emerging from land-based (terrestrial) policy frameworks for feeding MSP endeavors; and is accomplished in the Northern Aegean Sea, Greece. Towards this end, a multilevel approach is adopted, delving into diverse policy contexts at the local, regional and national/European level and aiming to attain more informed MSP decisions in the specific study region.

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Locus of Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) in Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP): A Data-Driven, Place-Based and Participatory Planning Perspective

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Coordination challenges in wind energy development: Lessons from cross-case positive planning approaches to avoid multi-level governance ‘free-riding’

Coordination challenges in wind energy development: Lessons from cross-case positive planning approaches to avoid multi-level governance ‘free-riding’

Virtual Reality and Virtual Diving Technologies: Innovative Tools to Promote Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Red Sea, Egypt

Land-Based Multi-level Spatial and Developmental Policy Directions and Their Implications in the Marine Environment: Case Study Northern Aegean Sea, Greece

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