A Tailored Method for Strategic Environmental Assessment in Maritime Spatial Planning

Helena Calado (), Débora Gutierrez, Camila Pegorelli (), Trine Skovgaard Kirkfeldt (), Claudia Hipólito, Fabiana Moniz (), Will McClintock (), Marta Vergílio (), José Guerreiro and Eva Papaioannou ()
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Helena Calado: UAc/FCT - MARE University of the Azores/Faculty of Science and Technology and Marine Environmental Sciences Centre, Ponta Delgada 9501-801, Portugal,
Débora Gutierrez: FGF/UAc/FCT – Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, University of the Azores/Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Ponta Delgada 9501-801, Portugal
Camila Pegorelli: FGF/UAc/FCT – Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, University of the Azores/Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Ponta Delgada 9501-801, Portugal
Trine Skovgaard Kirkfeldt: Centre for Blue Governance, Department of Planning, Aalborg University, A. C. Meyers Vaenge 15, Copenhagen 2450, Denmark
Claudia Hipólito: Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro 8005-135, Portugal5MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal6Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal7Centre of Applied Economics Studies of the Atlantic (CEEAplA), University of Azores, Ponta Delgada 9501-801, Portugal
Fabiana Moniz: FGF/UAc/FCT – Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, University of the Azores/Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Ponta Delgada 9501-801, Portugal
Will McClintock: National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, US
Marta Vergílio: CIBIO – Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources/InBIO – Associate Laboratory, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada 9501-801, Portugal
José Guerreiro: MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal6Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Eva Papaioannou: 0GEOMAR – Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2021, vol. 23, issue 01n02, 1-27

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Strategic environmental assessment; good environmental status; maritime spatial planning; scenario-building approach; participatory mapping; Atlantic case study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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