Trade-off analysis for marine protected area management

Brown, Katrina; Adger, W. Neil; Tompkins, Emma L.; Bacon, Peter R.; Shim, David; Young, Kathy L.

doi:10.1016/s0921-8009(00)00293-7

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“…For example, in the CBA they support the calculation of the Net Present Value (NPV) associated with combat management and may help to find a more cost-effective combat management; they also constrain the weights of the importance between environmental resources used in the multi-criteria analysis. Undoubtedly, CEs will have a wide application potential in the field of ICZM, as demonstrated by former studies (Haekan and Bjoern, 2000;Brown et al, 2001;Wattage et al, 2005) and the case of oil spill management in this paper.…”

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Managing coastal area resources by stated choice experiments

Liu

Wirtz²

2010

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

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confidence: 54%

Managing coastal area resources by stated choice experiments

Liu

Wirtz²

2010

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

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“…Results of the study have revealed that CEs provide essential information for evaluating coastal resources and indicate the priorities for protection. Combat for oil spill management also has wide application potential in other fields of coastal planning and management (Wattage et al, 2005;Haekan and Bjoern, 2000;Brown et al, 2001).…”

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Willingness to pay among households to prevent coastal resources from polluting by oil spills: A pilot survey

Liu

Wirtz²,

Kannen³

et al. 2009

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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“…MCDA is particularly useful for environmental management decisions because it can incorporate the objectives of multiple stakeholder groups and handle a wide range of data types (Mendoza and Martins, 2006). MCDA has been successfully applied in forestry management (Kangas and Kangas, 2005), fishery management (Mardle and Pascoe, 1999), protection of natural areas (Brown et al, 2001), waste disposal (Merkhofer et al, 1997), and water use (Keeney et al, 1996). Oil companies are beginning to integrate MCDA into their decommissioning planning, for example Shell UK is currently using a participatory MCDA approach to develop recommendations for decommissioning of concrete storage cells in the Brent Field in the North Sea.…”

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“…Mean weightings for criteria would then be generated by averaging ordinal preferences across all participants. This 'public MCDA' approach has been successfully trialed for forestry management and marine-protected area decisions with surprising agreement between technical experts and stakeholders on preferred options (Brown et al, 2001;Sheppard and Meitner, 2005).…”

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A multi-criteria decision approach to decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure

Fowler

Macreadie

Jones

et al. 2014

Ocean & Coastal Management

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Article (refereed) -postprintFowler, A.M.; Macreadie, P.I.; Jones, D.O.B.; Booth, D.J.. 2014 A multi-criteria decision approach to decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure. Ocean & Coastal Management, 87. 20-29. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013 Contact NOC NORA team at publications@noc.soton.ac.ukThe NERC and NOC trademarks and logos ('the Trademarks') are registered trademarks of NERC in the UK and other countries, and may not be used without the prior written consent of the Trademark owner.A multi-criteria decision approach to decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure AbstractThousands of the world's offshore oil and gas structures are approaching obsolescence and will require decommissioning within the next decade. Many nations have blanket regulations requiring obsolete structures to be removed, yet this option is unlikely to yield optimal environmental, societal and economic outcomes in all situations. We propose that nations adopt a flexible approach that allows decommissioning options to be selected from the full range of alternatives (including 'rigs-to-reefs' options) on a case-by-case basis. We outline a method of multi-criteria decision analysis (Multi-criteria Approval, MA) for evaluating and comparing alternative decommissioning options across key selection criteria, including environmental, financial, socioeconomic, and health and safety considerations. The MA approach structures the decision problem, forces explicit consideration of trade-offs and directly involves stakeholder groups in the decision process. We identify major decommissioning options and provide a generic list of selection criteria required for inclusion in the MA decision process. To deal with knowledge gaps concerning environmental impacts of decommissioning, we suggest that expert opinion feed into the MA approach until sufficient data become available. We conducted a limited trial of the MA decision approach to demonstrate its application to a complex and controversial decommissioning scenario; Platform Grace in southern California. The approach indicated, for this example, that the option 'leave in place intact' would likely provide best environmental outcomes in the event of future decommissioning. In summary, the MA approach will allow the environmental, social, and economic impacts of decommissioning decisions to be assessed simultaneously in a transparent manner.

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Trade-off analysis for marine protected area management

Cited by 244 publications

References 33 publications

Managing coastal area resources by stated choice experiments

Managing coastal area resources by stated choice experiments

Willingness to pay among households to prevent coastal resources from polluting by oil spills: A pilot survey

A multi-criteria decision approach to decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure

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