TY - JOUR
T1 - A Tailored Method for Strategic Environmental Assessment in Maritime Spatial Planning
AU - Calado, Helena
AU - Gutierrez, Débora
AU - Pegorelli, Camila
AU - Kirkfeldt, Trine Skovgaard
AU - Hipólito, Claudia
AU - Moniz, Fabiana
AU - McClintock, Will
AU - Vergílio, Marta
AU - Guerreiro, José
AU - Papaioannou, Eva
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd.
PY - 2021/6/1
Y1 - 2021/6/1
N2 - Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is used to identify the potential impacts of plans and policies such as maritime spatial planning (MSP). Studies have demonstrated ambiguity in SEA objectives and substantial knowledge gaps in existing and emerging SEA practices for MSP. The aim of this paper is to support a methodology for the development, implementation, and monitoring of SEA for MSP plans based on a stepwise, participatory mapping exercise by experts, using indicators to evaluate areas of conflicts/synergies in possible future scenarios. An overview of 16 proposed indicators identified a representative criterion. Participatory sector analyses were performed in three scenarios. Most conflicts focused on coastal areas, indicating that coastal planning should be a priority in all possible scenarios. The methodology developed in this paper uses GES indicators to perform the assessment of the three different scenarios and makes the development of a participatory mapping approach with experts in the very early stages of the process a more feasible alternative for a first assessment. This methodology was efficient in a collaborative SEA evaluation of MSPs to facilitate an ecosystem approach in an Azorean case study.
AB - Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is used to identify the potential impacts of plans and policies such as maritime spatial planning (MSP). Studies have demonstrated ambiguity in SEA objectives and substantial knowledge gaps in existing and emerging SEA practices for MSP. The aim of this paper is to support a methodology for the development, implementation, and monitoring of SEA for MSP plans based on a stepwise, participatory mapping exercise by experts, using indicators to evaluate areas of conflicts/synergies in possible future scenarios. An overview of 16 proposed indicators identified a representative criterion. Participatory sector analyses were performed in three scenarios. Most conflicts focused on coastal areas, indicating that coastal planning should be a priority in all possible scenarios. The methodology developed in this paper uses GES indicators to perform the assessment of the three different scenarios and makes the development of a participatory mapping approach with experts in the very early stages of the process a more feasible alternative for a first assessment. This methodology was efficient in a collaborative SEA evaluation of MSPs to facilitate an ecosystem approach in an Azorean case study.
KW - Atlantic case study
KW - good environmental status
KW - maritime spatial planning
KW - participatory mapping
KW - scenario-building approach
KW - Strategic environmental assessment
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U2 - 10.1142/S1464333222500090
DO - 10.1142/S1464333222500090
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85131299114
SN - 1464-3332
VL - 23
JO - Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management
IS - 1-2
M1 - 2250009
ER -