Abstract
The European Commission has developed a set of common principles for marine spatial planning in the European Union. A critical examination of these principles in practice is undertaken through an evaluation of the Clyde Marine Spatial Planning Pilot Project. The principles are found to be lacking in specificity and somewhat inconsistent with the ecosystem based approach, which they advocate. Lessons for new marine spatial planning initiatives, relating particularly to stakeholder participation, governance, data requirements, objective setting, and skills and knowledge needs, are derived from the Clyde Pilot.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 265-271 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Marine Policy |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 2012 |
Keywords
- Ecosystem approach
- Formative evaluation
- Marine spatial planning
- Planning principles
- Stakeholder participation