Towards sustainable use of marine resources in the south-eastern Baltic Sea (Lithuania): a review

The objective of the article is to give a comprehensive assessment of the impact that physical geographical factors of the coastal environment have on the South Baltic seaside resorts in the way it is reflected in planning documents (comprehensive plans, regional and tourism development strategies) of South Baltic seaside territorial entities. The seaside resorts and the adjacent coastal protected nature areas, particularly coastal national parks and UNESCO biosphere reserves, are the main focus of this study. The contents of 141 valid documents of spatial planning, management and development has been analysed. The studied comprehensive development plans, tourism strategies and other documents demonstrate that virtually all seaside municipalities in the South Baltic Region express a strong concern in increasing risk of coastal erosion and sea level rise related to the global climate change.

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of physical geographical factors on sustainable planning of South Baltic seaside resorts

Baltranaitė¹,

Jurkus²,

Povilanskas³

2018

“…The natural physical background of the coastal landscapes of Lithuania is represented by several large structures such as the shallow Baltic Sea offshore (up to 20 m isobaths), beach, primary dunes, range of dunes, and the palve -a plain landform extending directly after the range of dunes (Basalykas 1965;Gudelis 1998;Gelumbauskaitė 2000;Stančikaitė 2004;Kabailienė 2006;Gelumbauskaitė, Šečkus 2005;Molodkov et al 2010;Paškauskaitė, Šinkūnas 2014;Bitinas, Damušytė 2019). The territory of the Pajūris RP occupies 5,865 ha in total, of which the area under conservational regime takes 2,630 ha (LIFE09 NAT/LT/000234 Inventory…; Paplauskis 2022).…”

Section: The Recent and Paleogeographic Situation At The Continental ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Retrospective ties of Lake Kalotė with the Baltic Sea and the Akmena-Danė River, western Lithuania

Bučienė,

Vasiliauskienė,

Bučas

et al. 2023

The network of streams is one of the most active and dynamic factors reforming the relief and landscape. Together with the global factors of climate formation and trends of neotectonic movement, the streams are naturally and by means of the anthropogenic factor joining or re-joining the catchments the area of which is changeable. The aim of this research was to reveal in greater detail the development of the Lithuanian Baltic Sea coastal landscape with focus on Lake Kalotė outflows surface runoff within two coastal catchments, the catchment of Pajūris Rivers and the Akmena-Danė River sub-catchment, in time and space. That is important even nowadays under the climatic challenges and anthropogenic pressure in the coastal areas rich with lakes and small streams. The methods used were the analysis of old maps and aero-photo material, geological-geomorphological, hydrological, land reclamation and soil data obtained in the area of the Pajūris Regional Park and Klaipėda district municipality, supplemented with the results of recent land surface and soil surveys, drone technique and ArcGIS. As a result the possible scenarios of Lake Kalotė outflows surface runoff directions from the 17th to the beginning of the 21st century were prepared with the evidence of periods with lake‘s bifurcation regime

“…This is possible when integrated marine spatial planning is introduced in each Baltic Sea Member State. The nearest to Kaliningrad Oblast' neighbour states has already done steps towards the MSP based at scientific research (Weslawski et al 2010;Zaucha 2014a;Blažauskas et al 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Maritime potential of the Russian sector of the south-eastern Baltic Sea and its spatial usage

Ulyanova

Danchenkov

2016

Five major uses of sea space in the Russian sector of the southeastern Baltic Sea (SEBS) are navigation, fishery, mining, recreation, and military uses. A brief description of each existing and future marine space user as well as conflicts between them are presented in this study. The total area of each use was calculated. The most extensive zones are occupied by commercial fishery and military uses, which cover almost the entire exclusive economical zone. Special attention was made for potential marine protected areas (especially in offshore areas of the Curonian Spit, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List), which are not under legislation of the Kaliningrad Oblast' but require a particular defence. The area offshore of the western coast has the greatest economic activity and is the most vulnerable part of the open sea. Future intensification of the marine space use will result in increased negative load to the marine environment. Sustainable development concept and maritime spatial planning are declarative at the state level for many years, there is still no implementation mechanism.