Re-visiting ICM theory and practice: Lessons learned from the Baltic Sea Region

Støttrup, Josianne; Dinesen, Grete E.; Janßen, Holger; Gillgren, Christina; Schernewski, Gerald

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.02.002

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“…In other case studies, time lags between stakeholder participation process and implementation of a measure turned out to be a major problem (Støttrup et al, Schernewski et al 2017). An implementation years after the decision process, can cause a loss of ownership and political support.…”

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“…For this purpose, we applied the Systems Approach Framework (SAF) and tested if it is a suitable methodology to support and implement the ideas of an Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in this concrete case. The SAF is a stepwise, userfriendly methodology with high practical relevance that allows addressing problems and challenges in the coastal zone in a systematic way (Hopkins et al 2011;Støttrup et al 2017). It includes an integrated Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) assessment in close cooperation with stakeholders.…”

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Establishing new bathing sites at the Curonian Lagoon coast: an ecological-social-economic assessment

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The large southern Baltic lagoons (Curonian, Vistula and Szczecin Lagoon) face a similar challenge, the need for economic, especially touristic development. This development is hampered by poor water quality, namely eutrophication with regular algae blooms and low water transparency and often insufficient bathing water quality. Therefore, beaches and bathing sites, one precondition for tourist development, are often lacking. Using the Curonian Lagoon as case study, we apply a Systems Approach Framework (SAF) and especially an Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) assessment to analyse, whether it is reasonable to establish new beaches, against the background of an improved sewage treatment. In this systematic, stepwise and participatory Integrated Coastal Zone Management approach, we guide and support municipalities from the issue identification towards the final implementation by developing alternative scenarios, using model simulations and carrying out tourist surveys as well as supporting socio-economic studies. The present state of bathing water quality does allow opening a new bathing site with a beach at the lagoon and one town decided to do so. The socio-economic analyses did show that lagoon water quality and the possibility to go for a swim is not sufficiently important for tourists on the Curonian Spit, that opening a beach would make sense from an economic point of view. However, high lagoon water temperatures may help to extend the summer bathing season and a beach is regarded as additional attraction for tourists. A systematic involvement of stakeholders was imperative in this case study and we provide lessons learnt for a successful participatory process.

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“…The overall task of the project is to apply the SAF for analysis and solving of essential coastal issues that have to be identified and addressed by involving stake-holders. This method has been developed and assessed in other cases around the Baltic Sea [5], [6].…”

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Municipal Coastal Governance Towards Rural Community Resilience Development: Scenarios and Tools

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Coastal systems are complex resources systems based on interconnected elements of nature, economic, social, cultural, and, importantly, governance resources. Governance of the coastal territories as socioecological systems shall be integrated, holistic, multi-faceted and multi-level process oriented. Studies in Latvia identify insufficient knowledge/skills and even understanding/interest of decision-makers and administrations to deal with integrated coastal management (ICM) at all levels, and, particularly, with integration of the coastal problematic into mandatory development planning processes. Governance capacity is especially critical in rural coastal municipalities often with also long coastlines, making above 80% altogether of the total national coast length; a subsequent need to find appropriate rural coastal governance models is evident. Within EU BONUS BaltCoast project, including most of Baltic Sea region countries, the System Approach Framework is tested in the national pilot territories, and, in Latvia, the Salacgriva municipality pilot as for rural coastal governance development case. Research activities demonstrate transition from individual isolated studies to integrated comprehensive multidisciplinary coastal research. Within this study the effective coastal governance scenarios approaches, tools, and development opportunities were analysed studying main generic governance development approaches. Analysis shows that none of top-down and bottom-up governance improvement scenarios alone can ensure effective rural coastal governance, and, obviously, collaborative governance scenarios (CGSs) shall be designed and implemented to really improve ICM, but the selection of adequate instruments for this could be seen as the issue. Research-and-development work addresses the following locally based coastal governance instruments which have to be complementary included in the CGS, namely -coastal science and governance report; municipal coastal collaborative monitoring programme, involving mandatory citizen science component; development of coastal indicators systems; and thematic coastal spatial plan, as all being local innovations for Latvia. These tools shall contain clearly identifiable science-based quantified numerical information, shall be integrative in their nature and succession and complementarity with other instruments.

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“…The European Commission defined ICZM as a dynamic, multi-disciplinary, and iterative process to promote sustainable management of coastal zones while covering the full cycle of information collection, planning, decision-making, management, and monitoring of implementation [9]. Unfortunately, in practice, ICZM shows several weaknesses, such as an insufficient application of a broad holistic and long-term approach, a lack of adaptive management [10,11], and a shortage in genuine stakeholder engagement, thus ignoring vital social needs of local communities [11][12][13][14]. As a consequence, ICZM vanished from the political agenda in Europe.…”

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Indicator-Based Sustainability Assessment Tool to Support Coastal and Marine Management

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The applied Indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool (InSAT) serves as a user-friendly computer-aided tool to support coastal and marine management. Focus is on sustainable coastal development, including environmental, social, and economic aspects. We apply the InSAT to assess the changes in sustainability before, during, and after the implementation of management measures. The assessments address three case studies in Lithuania: the construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Klaipeda, the renewal of the port of Sventoji, and the opening of a beach in Nida. The application of core and optional indicators highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the management measures. We analyze to what extent, how, and when the InSAT can be applied within a stepwise Systems Approach Framework (SAF) to support sustainable coastal and marine management. Further, we assess how the tool can be applied within other integrated approaches. The application of tailor-made indicators helps to identify potential conflicts and raise discussions about sustainable development between stakeholders and decision-makers and therefore supports the decision-making process. The tool indicates the management measures’ weaknesses, but the assessment results do not indicate what kind of solutions should be undertaken. However, it can still serve to support, guide, and supplement the participation and discussion processes.

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Re-visiting ICM theory and practice: Lessons learned from the Baltic Sea Region

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Establishing new bathing sites at the Curonian Lagoon coast: an ecological-social-economic assessment

Establishing new bathing sites at the Curonian Lagoon coast: an ecological-social-economic assessment

Municipal Coastal Governance Towards Rural Community Resilience Development: Scenarios and Tools

Indicator-Based Sustainability Assessment Tool to Support Coastal and Marine Management

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