Towards sustainability of marine governance: Challenges and enablers for stakeholder integration in transboundary marine spatial planning in the Baltic Sea

Morf, Andrea; Moodie, John; Gee, Kira; Giacometti, Alberto; Kull, Michael; Piwowarczyk, Joanna; Schiele, Kerstin S.; Zaucha, Jacek; Kellecioğlu, Ilhan; Luttmann, Anne; Strand, Helena

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.04.009

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“…Refs. [ [41] , [42] , [43] ]), some general criticism is also being levelled at MSP, often from the perspective of distributive and process-related justice [ 44 ]. It has been described as a process that cannot address uneven power relations among stakeholders [ 45 , 46 ], even reinforcing or privileging those groups that are powerful already [ 30 , 47 , 48 ].…”

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Namibia's way to Marine Spatial Planning – Using existing practices or instigating its own approach?

Finke

Gee

Kreiner³

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Marine Policy

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The territorial waters and EEZ of Namibia are part of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem in the South-East Atlantic. Growing demands and conflicts emerge although the area is not as intensely used as marine areas elsewhere. Namibia has chosen Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) as an integrated approach to facilitate sustainable ocean development and improved ocean governance. The paper explores the reality of the Namibian MSP process to date by investigating two guiding research questions: (1) What makes the Namibian approach to MSP distinct? and (2) What are the opportunities and difficulties of the Namibian MSP process in that particular context? The country's approach to MSP features a series of distinct attributes, not least due to its unique environmental and socio-economic context. Namibian MSP is highly precautionary and forward-looking given the relatively low intensity of current uses, has a strong ecosystem-based perspective due to the fairly pristine environment, is driven by a social equity and distributive justice agenda, and features a strong collaborative process governance. Whilst challenges such as limited financial resources, lacking legislation and weak links to broader ocean governance exist, the MSP process, which was linked to a systematic conservation planning process from the outset, has however resulted in a clear framework for the development of the first marine plan.

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Namibia's way to Marine Spatial Planning – Using existing practices or instigating its own approach?

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Gee

Kreiner³

et al. 2020

Marine Policy

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“…Others, while acknowledging MSP's constraining attributes, view it as a force for change-opening spaces for resisting hegemonic forces, and empowering various stakeholders with the capacity for collective action [5][6][7]. While being mindful of the bigger debates over what social sustainability should include (discussed below), this critique, from an MSP/ocean governance viewpoint, can be sorted into four normative-analytical categories: (1) calls for increased recognition of distinctive socio-cultural or place-based (identity) relations [9][10][11]25]; (2) a focus on the (re)distribution of goods and bads of marine planning and governing [9,21]; (3) enhanced representation of a wider variety of (less organized) interests in decision-making processes and the rules that govern them [10,17,22,[28][29][30][31]; and (4) the elaboration of modalities to empower weaker stakeholders [6,8,10], with roles assigned to the planner and the state [7].…”

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Theorizing Social Sustainability and Justice in Marine Spatial Planning: Democracy, Diversity, and Equity

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Ikauniece

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Sustainability

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This article elaborates a conceptual framework to examine social sustainability in marine spatial planning (MSP). Based on a critical literature review of key texts on social sustainability in MSP and the broader sustainable development literature we show the need to elaborate a cogent and comprehensive approach for the analysis and pursuit of social sustainability linked to the sea. We then theorize social sustainability by developing a conceptual framework through integrating three dimensions: Recognition, Representation and Distribution. While these three social sustainability/justice features clearly overlap and are interdependent in practice, the conceptual thinking underpinning each of them is distinctive and when taken together they contribute towards conceiving social sustainability as a pillar of sustainability. Our approach can support an analysis/evaluation of MSP in that, first, its broad scope and adaptability makes it suitable to examine the wide range of claims, demands, and concerns that are likely to be encountered across different practical MSP settings. Second, it acknowledges the opportunities and challenges of assessing, implementing, and achieving social justice within a broader sustainability framework.

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“…e theory of intensive use was first applied to land use. Based on relevant theoretical research on the intensive use of land [18,[29][30][31][32], this study combined the characteristics of sea area development and utilization and referred to related literature [25][26][27][28] to define intensive sea use as follows. Intensive sea use seeks coordination and balance between marine development and protection and is, thereby, a more efficient and scientific approach to sea use.…”

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“…Research on marine economies has long been under development and mainly includes (1) research on marine economies [8][9][10] and the vulnerability and stability of the marine economic system [11][12][13][14] based on sustainable development; (2) research related to the efficiency [15,16] and transformation [17] of marine economies; and (3) research on the relationship between marine economies and the environment [18], resource development [12], and marine industries [19][20][21][22][23]. In 2011, the concept of intensive sea use was officially proposed [24], and it has been gradually applied to relevant practical research on the development and utilization of sea areas.…”

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“…According to the definition of intensive sea use, input status, utilization structure, economic benefits, and sustainability of sea area utilization are the main factors determining the level of intensive sea use. Based on the definition and connotation of intensive sea use, this study drew on the indicator system for intensive land use evaluation[18,[29][30][31][32] and took into account the actual situation of sea area utilization in the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt to measure the intensive sea use level of the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt in terms of the sea input intensity, sea use structure, marine economic benefits, and sea use sustainability. e specific indicator system is presented inTable 2.…”

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Analysis of Coupling Co-Ordination between Intensive Sea Use and the Marine Economy in the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt of China

Liu

Zhuang

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At present, there are few relevant studies on the intensive sea use, and few scholars have provided qualitative and quantitative research examples on the interaction and interaction coupling relationship between intensive sea use and the marine economy. This study constructs comprehensive evaluation indicator systems using the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt as the research object. The set pair analysis method is used to obtain comprehensive results, and the coupling coordination degree model is employed to carry out an in-depth analysis of the spatiotemporal characteristics of the interaction between intensive sea use and the marine economy. The results show the following. (1) The six cities in the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt exhibited a fluctuating upward trend in the composite index for intensive sea use, but the intensive sea use level differed among the cities. The intensive sea use level of Huludao was the lowest among the six cities. (2) All cities in the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt witnessed an upward trend in the marine economy development index, and the gaps between the cities gradually narrowed. The marine economy development index was ranked from top to bottom as follows: Jinzhou, Panjin, Dalian, Yingkou, Dandong, and Huludao. (3)The coupling coordination degree between intensive sea use and marine economy development was relatively stable in Dalian, Jinzhou, Yingkou, and Panjin, ranging approximately from 0.76 to 0.96, which indicates that the four cities witnessed good coordination between sea area utilization and marine economy development. The coupling coordination degree of Dandong and Huludao were relatively low, and Huludao consistently witnessed a low value.

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Towards sustainability of marine governance: Challenges and enablers for stakeholder integration in transboundary marine spatial planning in the Baltic Sea

Cited by 60 publications

References 32 publications

Namibia's way to Marine Spatial Planning – Using existing practices or instigating its own approach?

Namibia's way to Marine Spatial Planning – Using existing practices or instigating its own approach?

Theorizing Social Sustainability and Justice in Marine Spatial Planning: Democracy, Diversity, and Equity

Analysis of Coupling Co-Ordination between Intensive Sea Use and the Marine Economy in the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt of China

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