Marine and coastal policy in the UK: Challenges and opportunities in a new era

Rodwell, Ld D.; Fletcher, Stephen; Glegg, GA; Campbell, Maria; Rees, Siân E.; Ashley, Matthew; Linley, Ea A.; Frost, Mark; Earll, Bob; Wynn, Rb B.; Mee, Laurence; Almada-Villela, P.; Lear, Dan; Stanger, P.; Colenutt, Andrew; Davenport, Franca; Bradshaw, N J; Covey, Robert

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2013.09.014

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“…This is also expanded upon within the supplementary material, available online. (Rodwell et al, 2014). MEDIN datasets are stored in a disaggregated, 'shared or distributed' manner, which corresponds to the INSPIRE objective of permitting disseminated data stores using web services.…”

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“…MAREMAP is a similar initiative to MEDIN and MAGIC, relating to the research community and marine mapping. MAREMAP combines seafloor geological, habitat mapping and model outputs with other data layers [4]. MAREMAP is jointly led by a group of research organisations including BGS and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC).…”

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“…Pollution represents another significant consequence of increased human usage of the marine environment. Rodwell et al (2014) draw attention to prominent public concern over land-based industries polluting the marine environment. Threats presented by high levels of pollution and seawater inundation are both exacerbated by catalyst factors such as climate change, increasing coastal population densities, and resource depletion.…”

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Opening up the coast

Rumson

Hallett

2018

Ocean & Coastal Management

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Coastal zones attract human settlement, business and industry, and are instrumental to the functioning of societies both in coastal states and the wider global community. However, the oceans and coasts are under growing pressure as human practices change, populations rise and climate change impacts increase. In managing coastal regions, high quality data forms the basis of rational decision-making. Large volumes of 'triple bottom line' data exists representing a wide variety of environmental, social, and economic themes in coastal regions. Such data is especially crucial to development of environmental risk evaluations for the coast. The momentum driving the Open Source data movement across the world is accelerating and consequently, huge quantities of data are becoming freely available to the public. This presents a valuable opportunity for coastal managers, policy makers and land planners, who need to evaluate the full implications of their choices. Decision-makers frequently need to draw on many disparate datasets. However, this can be complicated by many factors, including a lack of awareness of the full range of datasets available. This paper seeks to explore this area, taking the UK as an example, to reveal how currently available open data sources relate to coastal management decision-making. Environmental risk management is a cross-cutting theme, relevant to all areas of coastal management. As such, this topic is discussed and addressed within a case study focusing on the vulnerable coastal region of East Anglia. In collation and analysis of coastal data Geographical Information Systems (GIS) can play an important role, in line with this GIS approaches were utilised within the case study. The case study led to development of a conceptual framework which can be applied to future coastal risk assessments, using Open Source data. The UK is currently at the forefront of the Open Source data movement and as such it is used as an example within this paper, however the issues addressed have international relevance, and the UK perspective is used to illustrate wider opportunities, resulting from freely available data sources, extending to management of coastal regions globally.

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Opening up the coast

Rumson

Hallett

2018

Ocean & Coastal Management

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“…Many challenges remain in bridging the gap between science and policy to support improved policy decisions in marine management (von Winterfeldt, 2013;Choi et al, 2015). As noted by Rodwell et al (2014), improvement would require identifying: (i) the gap or perceived gap between marine science and policy; (ii) the obstacles that prevent us from bridging the gap, and (iii) the possible solutions.…”

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Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Science in Assessing the Health Status of Marine Ecosystems

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“…Consequently, coastal governance across the UK, including Wales, remains complex and, at times, fragmented (Boyes and Elliott, 2015;Luisetti et al, 2011). Overtaken by interests in marine affairs a d pla i g, ota l th ough EU poli a d the UK s Ma i e a d Coastal A ess A t , a a ge of new statutory instruments and procedures has been developed, geared towards a more integrated governance and management approach for marine and coastal areas (Rodwell, et al, 2014;Scarff et al, 2015;Brennan et al, 2014). This evolution of legislation has as expected had significant implications for the management and governance of coastal areas and land-sea interactions.…”

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Welsh legislation in a new era: A stakeholder perspective for coastal management

McKinley

Ballinger

2018

Marine Policy

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In Wales, there has been a concerted change in policy direction through the adoption of a new suite of legislation, presenting a mechanism for affecting change in how social, economic and environmental issues are addressed. From a coastal perspective, these Acts have the potential to improve management, resulting in sustainable, long-term solutions to the challenges facing Welsh coastal areas. Despite the positive rhetoric presented alongside these changes, their impact remains to be seen. In order to realise their expected success, engagement with practitioners charged with implementation is crucial to understanding the opportunities, challenges, successes and failures. Using saltmarshes as a lens to examine this new legislation, this paper presents the findings of a series of interviews with stakeholders from north Wales, exploring oastal p a titio e s ie s of what the new Acts mean for them, identifying potential challenges and opportunities in the context of coastal management. A SWOT analysis informs a discussion of how the successful application of this innovative, groundbreaking suite of legislation may be achieved. The research found stakeholders to be generally positive about the new legislation, and the changes to coastal management that they signal across Wales. Opportunities included supporting greater collaboration, cross-sector working, interdisciplinarity and the potential to provide a blueprint for the rest of the UK as it navigates Brexit. Despite this positivity, concerns were expressed regarding funding and staff resources, lack of adequate support around implementation, among others. This integrated approach clearly stands as an opportunity to bridge traditional sectoral gaps instigating more effective stakeholder dialogue.

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Marine and coastal policy in the UK: Challenges and opportunities in a new era

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Opening up the coast

Opening up the coast

Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Science in Assessing the Health Status of Marine Ecosystems

Welsh legislation in a new era: A stakeholder perspective for coastal management

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