A generalised marine planning framework for site selection based on ecosystem services

Miriam von Thenen*, Henning Sten Hansen, Kerstin S. Schiele

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Abstract

A new proposed framework to assess sustainability impacts of maritime spatial plans (MSP-SA) utilises the ecosystem service (ES) concept to address the often-lacking social sustainability of the plans. This study departs in the MSP-SA framework and applies it to the (emerging) sea use of mussel farming. Informed by a literature review and two surveys, it is investigated whether the benefits and impacts of mussel farming can be related to underlying ES and relevant planning questions. The results show that most benefits and impacts of mussel farming can be connected to ES and reveal different user-environment-beneficiary interactions, ranging from conflicts to synergies. The marine planning framework is structured into different planning phases and it is shown that the ES concept can contribute to a normative vision, strategic objectives, and site-specific operational questions. Studying the different user-environment-beneficiary interactions can reveal who benefits and who loses from planning decisions. While the marine planning framework developed in this study is targeted at mussel farming, the approach can be adapted to other uses and planning areas and can contribute to social and equity aspects in MSP by considering the receivers of (dis)benefits.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer104326
TidsskriftMarine Policy
Vol/bind124
ISSN0308-597X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - feb. 2021

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
Two anonymous reviewers are thanked for their time and constructive feedback that helped to improve the quality of this manuscript. The survey respondents are thanked for their time and valuable input to this study. This work resulted from the BONUS BASMATI project. BONUS BASMATI is supported by BONUS (Art 185), funded jointly by the EU, Innovation Fund Denmark, Swedish Research Council Formas, Academy of Finland, Latvian Ministry of Education and Science, and Forschungszentrum J?lich GmbH, Germany. None.

Funding Information:
Two anonymous reviewers are thanked for their time and constructive feedback that helped to improve the quality of this manuscript. The survey respondents are thanked for their time and valuable input to this study. This work resulted from the BONUS BASMATI project. BONUS BASMATI is supported by BONUS (Art 185), funded jointly by the EU, Innovation Fund Denmark , Swedish Research Council Formas , Academy of Finland , Latvian Ministry of Education and Science, and Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany .

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