Marine Social Science for the Peopled Seas

Bennett, Nathan

doi:10.1080/08920753.2019.1564958

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“…Traditionally, the idea of 'scientific authority' in the marine environment has tended to come from a highly technocratic, rational approach to defining problems. Interestingly, more recent times have witnessed the rise of 'marine social science' as an equally critical and robust body of knowledge and scientific authority (Bennett 2019;Shah 2020). In 2018, a new Marine Social Sciences Network 2 was launched with the intention of facilitating knowledge exchange and increasing awareness and understanding of the role of social sciences in coastal-marine management and decision making.…”

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

Ritchie¹,

McElduff²

2020

Maritime Studies

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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.

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

Ritchie¹,

McElduff²

2020

Maritime Studies

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“…This approach does not require examination of the social system (including aspects of resource stewardship and governance), as it presumes that the state of the biophysical system automatically determines the ecosystem services received, rather than feedbacks between SES . Other barriers are related to the perceived difficulties of measuring non-material benefits that are socially constructed and subjective rather than material components of the ecosystem (Daniel et al, 2012;Fish et al, 2016), and a resistance by decision-makers to drawing on anthropology and related qualitative social sciences to understand non-material cultural dimensions (Bennett, 2019). In response, multiple social science approaches have been identified to help improve the robustness of cultural ecosystem services indicators, although they are not regularly implemented in practice, emphasizing the importance of including multiple social science traditions on transdisciplinary teams for comprehensive SES assessments (Daniel et al, 2012;Fish et al, 2016;Small et al, 2017).…”

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Improving Representation of Human Well-Being and Cultural Importance in Conceptualizing the West Hawai‘i Ecosystem

et al. 2019

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Ecosystem-based management approaches are increasingly used to address the critical linkages between human and biophysical systems. Yet, many of the socialecological systems (SES) frameworks typically used in coastal and marine management neither represent the social and ecological aspects of the system in equal breadth or depth, nor do they adequately operationalize the social, or human, dimensions. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's West Hawai'i Integrated Ecosystem Assessment, a program grounded in ecosystem-based management, recognizes the importance of place-based human dimensions in coastal and marine resource management that speak to a fuller range of social and cultural dimensions of ecosystem-based management. Previous work with stakeholders in West Hawai'i revealed noteworthy SES dynamics and highlighted both the importance and lack of understanding of the links between ecosystem services and human well-being, particularly services that enhance and maintain active cultural connections to a place. While cultural ecosystem services and human well-being are often recognized as important elements of SES, there have been substantial barriers to fully representing them, likely due to perceived difficulties of measuring non-material benefits and values, many of which are socially constructed and subjective. This study examined SES frameworks related to cultural ecosystem services and human well-being to advance the representation and operationalization of these important concepts in coastal and marine management. We describe key insights and questions focused on: (1) points of inclusion for human dimensions in SES models, (2) culturally relevant domains of human well-being and related indicators, (3) the importance of place and its interaction with scale, and finally (4) the tension between a gestalt vs. discrete approach to modeling, assessing, and sustainably managing social-ecological systems.

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“…This article examines insights from the relevant literature focusing on how the "multi-use concept" can be efficiently integrated in Maritime Spatial Planning and what site-specific and practical implications can result from this integration, especially in regions that are peopled [12] and crowded [13,14] due to their specific geographical context (e.g., poly-insular and micro-insular areas in Europe) and the density of marine activities (both traditional activities such as fishing, shipping, tourism and new ones such as aquaculture, wind farms, but also underwater cultural heritage).…”

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Discussing and Analyzing “Maritime Cohesion” in MSP, to Achieve Sustainability in the Marine Realm

Kyvelou

Ierapetritis

2019

Sustainability

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Whilst the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 promotes the conservation and sustainable use of the seas, oceans and marine resources for sustainable development, decisions in ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) follow annoying and costly trade-offs and this may negatively impact its acceptance. To address conflicts and cumulative impacts and favor, as much as possible, interfering of marine activities, positive coordination and win-win options, it is necessary to develop integrated and cohesive planning approaches and new management tools. In this article, a conceptual framework of “maritime cohesion” is being developed mostly applicable to peopled and crowded seas and a set of relevant indicators to assess it, is proposed. It is based on the triple-model of interdependent components such as “maritime spatial efficiency”, “maritime spatial quality” and “maritime spatial identity”, taking into account the “territorial cohesion” equivalent, promoted by the Cohesion Policy. Then, in order to broadly analyze the “spatial efficiency” component, the “multi-use” concept and management tools, recently given particular emphasis by EU Blue Growth Strategy, are examined thoroughly, using the relevant literature. This article highlights constructive use of “maritime cohesion” with the multi-use MSP paradigm as key part of “maritime cohesion” narrative and posits that its huge and extensive potential can stimulate dynamic, collaborative, cohesive and assemblage thinking in the MSP process and be the “spearhead” to balance economic, social, environmental and cultural aspirations in maritime planning to achieve sustainability in the marine realm.

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Marine Social Science for the Peopled Seas

Cited by 124 publications

References 51 publications

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

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

Improving Representation of Human Well-Being and Cultural Importance in Conceptualizing the West Hawai‘i Ecosystem

Discussing and Analyzing “Maritime Cohesion” in MSP, to Achieve Sustainability in the Marine Realm

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