Maritime spatial planning and land-sea interactions

Programme 2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Date of latest update: 2024-05-18

Description

Description (EN):

Europe’s seas have become important in terms of policy making on both European and national level. The exploitation of seas and coastal areas for economic purposes is becoming increasingly important, but there are also growing concerns on environmental issues. Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) is an increasingly important field of policy aiming at reconciling different demands on the marine space. Under the EU Directive on MSP, Member States both need to develop their own MSP policies and cooperate on these issues. In addition, they will use their plans to contribute to promoting the sustainable development and growth of maritime and coastal economies and the sustainable use of marine and coastal resources. MSP is identified by the EU’s Integrated Maritime Policy as a cross-cutting policy tool enabling public authorities and stakeholders to apply a coordinated, integrated and trans-boundary approach to marine development.To ensure that maritime activities can deliver growth and avoid sea-use conflicts, integrated planning of human activities both on land and at sea is needed. MSP can increase coordination between administrations, while enhancing cross-border cooperation and investments by identifying the possible impacts of and opportunities for multiple uses of space. For this purpose, MSP needs territorial evidence. Most development and use, which takes place in the marine environment also has an onshore component or impact. Alignment between maritime and terrestrial spatial planning is important and should be achieved through consistency of policies, plans and decisions. Land-sea interaction (LSI) is also highly related to the economic benefits of MSP and the importance of given maritime uses covered by the MSP for the economic development of the region in question. The stakeholders involved in this targeted analysis have identified a potential opportunity to improve their planning processes through the coordinated, comparable and systematic acquisition and analysis of both marine and terrestrial data and information at regional level (NUTS 2 or NUTS 3, for the marine realm possibly also in alternative systems, e.g. grid based statistical classes). Such an approach would not only bring significant efficiencies in collecting, collating and analysing relevant social, economic and environmental data, but would also improve the understanding of wider regional level interactions. The territorial evidence that will be produced within this targeted analysis will be useful for all Member States dealing with the implementation of the above-mentioned EU Directive and with MSP itself. The benefits of having useful data for MSP can help increase cross-border cooperation between EU countries (on cables, pipelines, shipping lanes, wind installations) and also increase coordination between administrations in each country through the use of a single instrument to balance the development of a range of maritime activities.

Achievements (EN):

In a speech to the European Parliament in 2011, EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki, said ‘Governments are waking up to the fact that we have just about reached the limit of what can be squeezed from the 29% of the planet that is land. Therefore, it becomes clear that we need to look even more to the sea’. These developments are reflected in the 2014 Maritime Spatial Planning Directive, which requires European coastal states to establish complete coverage of maritime spatial plans by 2021, taking into account LSI in order to promote sustainable and integrated development and management of human activities at sea. In an effort to operationalize the Land and Sea Interactions (LSI) concept for the Maritime Spatial Planning community, the ESPON MSP-LSI project developed a new approach for assessing landward impacts of key maritime sectors. This approach was tested in 5 case studies in Slovenia (Piran Bay), the Gulf of Gdansk, the Croatian Coast and Islands, The Pomeranian Bight and the Netherlands. The analytical framework that the project developed can be used to draw out the spatial footprint of selected sectors and the spatial connections between different value chain segments, both on land and in the sea. According to this framework, four key steps are followed to explore LSI for the purposes of Maritime Spatial Planning: LSI Scoping: It is an important first step that could involve an initial discussion with relevant stakeholders about the nature of LSI and the definition of coastal area/core area in order to identify focal Land-Sea Interactions for further examination. Value Chain Analysis: This step involves mapping of key actors in each segment of the value chain and building up of a picture of that segment’s spatial footprint, the spatial connectivity between different segments and the relative ‘stickability’ of economic and other benefits within coastal communities. From this, key Land-Sea Interaction issues can be distilled and areas, where action may be beneficial, can be identified. To facilitate this process, the ESPON MSP-LSI project developed a spatialized approach for considering Land-Sea Interactions associated with maritime sectors, based upon established value chains used by the World Trade Organisation and DG Mare. Governance Analysis: Analysing governance is another way to identify areas where action may be beneficial but also who has the responsibility to initiate this action. Governance analysis begins with an overview of the general governance context including that related to selected focal sectors. Then a review of spatial planning arrangements on land and sea and the relationships between them follows to allow a more detailed examination of the treatment of focal Land-Sea Interaction sectoral issues in terrestrial and maritime plans and strategies. Recommendations for Good Management of LSI: When all the above steps are concluded, findings from the different aspects of investigations can be brought together to draw out key messages and develop recommendations for good management of Land-Sea Interactions.

Website: https://archive.espon.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

The objective of this activity is to improve stakeholders’ planning processes through the coordinated, comparable and systematic acquisition and analysis of both marine and terrestrial data and information at regional level. More concretely, this activity should satisfy the stakeholders’ knowledge needs as defined below:- How could land-sea interactions be defined and operationalised for the purposes of MSP? What does a “coastal area” mean in different geographical and policy contexts (such as Barcelona Convention)?- What are the main impacts on land of maritime activities and how can terrestrial planning consider them? What would be potential territorial consequences of MSP on development in the areas of energy, transport, fisheries, environment, tourism and urban development?- What can we learn from the existing practices and approaches of Member States in managing LSI in MSP? Which are cases and practices of cross-border reconciliation of maritime uses and activities?- How to best manage LSI in MSP according to the MSP Directive (a) while having regard to the particularities of the marine and coastal regions (e.g. differences in administrative structure, policy ambitions, stakeholder structure, value chains etc.), and (b) to further improve sustainable blue and green growth?- How can a proper consultation of the relevant stakeholders, authorities, and the public concerned by land-sea interactions be ensured?The main outcomes of the service should be:- A methodology to explore LSI on a sea basin (+) scale (including the coastal interface).- Maps and socio-economic data on land-sea-interactions in the areas of energy, transport, fisheries, environment, tourism and urban development, which illustrate the role of MSP in the latter partly/mostly terrestrial sectors and are relevant for use in the afore mentioned methodology.- Case studies for the group of stakeholders on certain characteristic issues, e.g. shallow ports, short coastlines, coasts with many islands, etc.- An identification of the intensity of LSI in the sea basins relevant for the stakeholders, focusing on both opportunities and risks in terms of economic activity on the land, environmental pressures on the sea and flows of goods, people and services through the seas.- A set of policy recommendations addressed at the authorities in the stakeholder territories that are involved in MSP processes.

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Regional planning and development

Specific Objective: Upgraded knowledge transfer and use of analytical user support

Thematic Objective:

(11) enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration through actions to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administrations and public services related to the implementation of the ERDF, and in support of actions under the ESF to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administration.

Investment Priority: (11 ETC) ETC specific for transnational cooperation: enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by developing and coordinating macro-regional and sea-basin strategies

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: University of Liverpool

Address: Foundation Building, 765 Brownlow Hill, L69 7ZX Liverpool, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Ecologic Institut gemeinnutzige GmbH

Name: Ecologic Institut gemeinnutzige GmbH

Address: Pfalzburger Strasse 43/44, D-10717 Berlin, Germany

Legal status: private

Ecorys Brussels N.V.

Name: Ecorys Brussels N.V.

Address: Rue Belliard 12, 1040 Brussels, Belgium

Legal status: private

University of Malaga

Name: University of Malaga

Address: C/ Arquitecto Francisco Peñalosa, 18 EDF.INV '' Ada Byron, Mod. B. 2, 29010 Málaga, Spain

Legal status: public

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Project name (EN): Maritime spatial planning and land-sea interactions

Project acronym: MSP LSI

Project start date: 2018-04-16

Project end date: 2020-03-26

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 274 703.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 224 625.74

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 224 625.74.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Videos / films

Sue Kidd: Maritime spatial planning and land-sea interactions

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/MSP-LSI

Publication date: 2021-02-26

Document date: 2019-07-02

Languages: en

Reports

Targeted Analysis - Executive Summary

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/MSP-LSI

Publication date: 2021-02-26

Document date: 2020-02-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Final Report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/MSP-LSI

Publication date: 2021-02-26

Document date: 2020-02-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Guidelines for Good Management of LSI in MSP

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/MSP-LSI

Publication date: 2021-02-26

Document date: 2020-02-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Scientific Annex: Methodology for Land Sea Interactions (LSI) Analysis

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/MSP-LSI

Publication date: 2021-02-26

Document date: 2020-02-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Final Case Study Report: Netherlands

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/MSP-LSI

Publication date: 2021-02-26

Document date: 2020-02-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Final Case Study Report: Pomeranian Bight

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/MSP-LSI

Publication date: 2021-02-26

Document date: 2020-02-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Final Case Study Report: Slovenia

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/MSP-LSI

Publication date: 2021-02-26

Document date: 2020-02-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Final Case Study Report: Croatia

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/MSP-LSI

Publication date: 2021-02-26

Document date: 2020-02-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2024-03-04

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

68 / 69 (98.55%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

353 / 370 (95.41%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Data from 3 projects ((MRS. ESPON TOOL, SoET and CPS 2.0) was retrieved by Interact from the programme´s website on the 2024-03-01. Regarding partners only data only main partners is available. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.espon.eu), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-21 and 2023-01-03.

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