Integration of the social dimension into marine spatial planning – Theoretical aspects and recommendations

Grimmel, Henriette; Calado, Helena; Fonseca, Catarina; Vivero, Juan Luís Suárez de

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.02.013

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Section: Social Sustainability In the Msp Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is important to note that only a few contributions in the reviewed MSP literature refer explicitly to, and provide some form of definition of, social sustainability, e.g., [17,20,21]. Others nonetheless deal with different social sustainability issues, and there are calls for a more integrated analysis of social sustainability [9,20,21]. More precisely, in analyzing social sustainability (albeit, often implicitly), some authors view MSP as a form of "ocean grabbing" [22,23]; as exhibiting many symptoms of the post-political condition [5,6,9,24].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Others, while acknowledging MSP's constraining attributes, view it as a force for change-opening spaces for resisting hegemonic forces, and empowering various stakeholders with the capacity for collective action [5][6][7]. While being mindful of the bigger debates over what social sustainability should include (discussed below), this critique, from an MSP/ocean governance viewpoint, can be sorted into four normative-analytical categories: (1) calls for increased recognition of distinctive socio-cultural or place-based (identity) relations [9][10][11]25]; (2) a focus on the (re)distribution of goods and bads of marine planning and governing [9,21]; (3) enhanced representation of a wider variety of (less organized) interests in decision-making processes and the rules that govern them [10,17,22,[28][29][30][31]; and (4) the elaboration of modalities to empower weaker stakeholders [6,8,10], with roles assigned to the planner and the state [7].…”

Section: Social Sustainability In the Msp Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

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Theorizing Social Sustainability and Justice in Marine Spatial Planning: Democracy, Diversity, and Equity

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Gilek

Ikauniece

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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This article elaborates a conceptual framework to examine social sustainability in marine spatial planning (MSP). Based on a critical literature review of key texts on social sustainability in MSP and the broader sustainable development literature we show the need to elaborate a cogent and comprehensive approach for the analysis and pursuit of social sustainability linked to the sea. We then theorize social sustainability by developing a conceptual framework through integrating three dimensions: Recognition, Representation and Distribution. While these three social sustainability/justice features clearly overlap and are interdependent in practice, the conceptual thinking underpinning each of them is distinctive and when taken together they contribute towards conceiving social sustainability as a pillar of sustainability. Our approach can support an analysis/evaluation of MSP in that, first, its broad scope and adaptability makes it suitable to examine the wide range of claims, demands, and concerns that are likely to be encountered across different practical MSP settings. Second, it acknowledges the opportunities and challenges of assessing, implementing, and achieving social justice within a broader sustainability framework.

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Section: Social Sustainability In the Msp Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Sustainability In the Msp Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Sustainability In the Msp Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

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Theorizing Social Sustainability and Justice in Marine Spatial Planning: Democracy, Diversity, and Equity

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Gilek

Ikauniece

et al. 2020

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“…Although social factors are present in some form in both the WFD and the MSFD, a social dimension has often been found lacking both in specific policies and in marine management more generally [9,[15][16][17][18]. This is problematic since many measures taken in pursuit of marine ecological sustainability, as defined inter alia by the binding objectives of the WFD and the MSFD, can have significant social implications.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This applies inter alia to the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) [19], measures taken to combat invasive marine species [20], the regulation of marine aquaculture [21], as well as restrictions on the building of water treatment plants and other industrial or infrastructure installations that could allow local communities to adjust to changing technological and economic demands. A narrow focus on ecosystems and environmental quality indicators may undermine the socioecological well-being of local communities [18] in ways that could have been avoided without compromising ecological sustainability had the social impacts of management decisions been better understood and considered. At the same time, including social dimensions in marine management is associated with many challenges.…”

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Realizing the Social Dimension of EU Coastal Water Management

Langlet

Westholm

2021

Sustainability

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In the last 20 years, the EU has adopted some rather ambitious pieces of legislation with the aim to achieve a good environmental status in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Both the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) have a strong focus on the natural environment and biological criteria for assessing the status of the relevant ecosystems. In the same time period, much research on environmental governance has focused on the interconnectedness of social systems and ecosystems, so-called social-ecological systems (SES). While having high aspirations, the legal frameworks underpinning current EU water and marine management do not necessarily reflect the advances of contemporary science relating to SES. Using the geographical intersection of the two directives, i.e., coastal waters as a focal point, the paper explores the inchoate integration of social and ecological perspectives in the EU marine governance. What are the main challenges for the current EU legal regimes for managing coastal waters in a way that builds on the understanding of social and ecological systems as interconnected? Having explored the two directives, the paper introduces the possibility of using marine spatial planning (MSP), and the EU directive establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning (MSPD) as a bridge between the social and ecological dimensions and discusses what implications this would have for the current system for governing coastal waters in Europe.

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Sustainable business models and conflict indices for sustainable decision‐making: An application to decommissioning versus reusing offshore gas platforms

Zagonari

2023

Bus Strat Env

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This paper combines theoretical sustainable business models and conflict indices in making practical sustainable (i.e., participatory decisions involving economic, social, and environmental features within weak or strong sustainability paradigms) and rational (i.e., informed and consistent decisions within substantive or instrumental rationality) decisions with respect to what, who, where, when, and how to act. The case study, focused on an offshore gas platform, identified when (i.e., the end as opposed to the beginning of extraction activities) and where (i.e., the economic, social, and environmental contexts of the Adriatic Sea in Abruzzo region, Italy). A face‐to‐face questionnaire, submitted to stakeholders, produced the relative weights required by the tested sustainable business models (Lüdeke‐Freund et al., 2018), and it reached a conclusion about how (i.e., in favor of the majority as opposed to average decisions). An application of a linear conflict index (Fasth et al., 2018) highlighted a lack of stakeholders' representativeness and knowledge and solved these issues with a 50% increase of stakeholders involved and an additional discussion with originally invited stakeholders on specific topics, respectively. In summary, the methodology suggested in this paper produced a (strong) sustainable and (substantive) rational decision about what and who based on relative weights expressed by representative and informed stakeholders being engaged at the smallest cost and with the largest support. Thus, the contribution of this paper is twofold: Theoretically, choices among alternative sustainable businesses depend on the adopted sustainability paradigm, and practically, choices among alternative sustainable businesses should be identified according to the adopted sustainability paradigm.

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Integration of the social dimension into marine spatial planning – Theoretical aspects and recommendations

Cited by 37 publications

References 55 publications

Theorizing Social Sustainability and Justice in Marine Spatial Planning: Democracy, Diversity, and Equity

Theorizing Social Sustainability and Justice in Marine Spatial Planning: Democracy, Diversity, and Equity

Realizing the Social Dimension of EU Coastal Water Management

Sustainable business models and conflict indices for sustainable decision‐making: An application to decommissioning versus reusing offshore gas platforms

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