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Developing a conceptual model of marine farming in New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Survey and Geographic Information System (GIS) data analysis describes the relative influence of biophysical and human variables on site choices made by marine farmers in New Zealand.
Brabyn, Lars   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Planning at Sea: Shifting planning practices at the German North Sea coast

open access: yesRaumforschung und Raumordnung, 2019
Coastal and marine areas represent an increasingly important and relevant action space for spatial planning. However, to a large extent marine (or maritime) spatial planning has emerged separately from terrestrial spatial planning, constituting its own ...
Cormac Walsh, Andreas Kannen
doaj   +3 more sources

Spatial and temporal analysis of cumulative environmental effects of offshore wind farms in the North Sea basin

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
The North Sea basin is one of the busiest maritime areas globally with a considerable number of anthropogenic pressures impacting the functioning of the marine ecosystem. Due to growing EU ambitions for the deployment of large offshore wind farm projects
Laura Florentina Gușatu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marine Spatial Planning – Prospects for the Arctic

open access: yesArctic Review on Law and Politics, 2018
Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is defined as an integrated and comprehensive approach to ocean governance. Planning has the potential to ensure ecosystem and biodiversity conservation and establish rational use of marine space, combining activities ...
Sigrid Eskeland Schütz
doaj   +1 more source

GIS Developments for Ecosystem-based Marine Spatial Planning and the Challenges Faced in Indonesia

open access: yesASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development, 2020
Aiming to lessen degradations and effects on marine ecosystems, Marine Spatial Planning is used as a management method with a purpose to help lead the development and used in the marine environment.
Karlina Triana, A'an Johan Wahyudi
doaj   +1 more source

Marine spatial planning

open access: yes, 2017
Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is planning for the sea. It is a process of assessing and balancing existing and future marine activities and can include the water column, the seabed and the coast. Many countries are now introducing laws on marine spatial planning. This normally requires the creation of marine plans.
Anne-Michelle Slater, Georgina Reid
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Scenario-Building for Marine Spatial Planning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
AbstractThis chapter focuses on the use of scenarios to inform the development of marine spatial plans. An in-depth example of scenario-building for the Celtic Seas is presented, based on a four-way possibility space using the axes of spatial efficiency and cooperation between planning authorities to create four scenarios which were tested in a ...
McGowan, lynne, Jay, SA, Kidd, sue
openaire   +1 more source

Introducing Smart Marine Ecosystem-Based Planning (SMEP)—How SMEP Can Drive Marine Spatial Planning Strategy and Its Implementation in Greece

open access: yesGeomatics, 2022
This paper introduces smart marine ecosystem-based planning (SMEP), a marine spatial planning (MSP) strategy for more participatory and responsive marine governance by leveraging “smart” digital services.
Stilianos Contarinis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a GNSS/INS buoy array in preparation for SWOT validation in Bass Strait

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2023
In preparation for validation of the swath-based altimetry mission (Surface Water Oceanography Topography, SWOT), we developed a buoy array, equipped with Global Navigation Satellite System/Inertial Navigation System, capable of accurately observing sea ...
Boye Zhou   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research on mariculture suitability assessment based on GIS – a case study of sea area in Lianyungang

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science
IntroductionIn the future, China's mariculture must maintain its scale and improve quality. Crucial measures for achieving this goal are to optimize the layout of sea areas for aquaculture, strengthen the suitability assessment of marine aquaculture, and
Jinzhu Gao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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