Abstract
Abstract. Within few years before, the urge to implement the marine spatial planning is due to increasing numbers of marine activities that will lead into uncertainties of rights, restrictions and responsibilities of the maritime nations. Marine authorities in this situation that deal with national rights and legislations are the government institutions that engage with marine spatial information. There are several elements to be considered when dealing with the marine spatial planning; which is institutional sustainability governance. Providing the importance of marine spatial planning towards sustainable marine spatial governance, the focus should highlight the role marine institutions towards sustainable marine plan. The iterative process of marine spatial planning among marine institutions is important as the spatial information governance is scattered from reflected rights, restrictions and responsibilities of marine government institutions. Malaysia is one of the maritime nations that conjures the initial step towards establishing the sustainable marine spatial planning. In order to have sustainable institutions in marine spatial planning process, it involves four main stages; planning phase, plan evaluation phase, implementation phase and post implementation phase. Current situation has witnessed the unclear direction and role of marine government institutions to manage the marine spatial information. This review paper is focusing on the institutional sustainability upon interaction of marine government institutions in the marine spatial planning process based on Institutional Analysis Framework. The outcome of the integration of institutional sustainability and marine spatial planning process will propose a framework of marine institutional sustainable plan.
Highlights
The need to highlight the importance to implement marine spatial planning among maritime nation has been virtue
In Malaysian context, most of the situations mentioned above occur as neither marine spatial governance nor marine spatial planning is still at the infancy stages, the framework of institutional strategies is important to make the first step for the marine institutions
This review paper highlights the combination of marine institutional sustainability and marine spatial planning process in order to illustrate the framework of sustainable marine institutional plan
Summary
The need to highlight the importance to implement marine spatial planning among maritime nation has been virtue. As for this review the marine spatial planning is about introducing the framework of managing the spatial activities among marine institutions to achieve strategic sustainable development (Jay et al, 2016; Dunstan et al, 2016; Caldow et al, 2015; Olsen et al, 2014; Kelly et al, 2014; Frazão et al, 2014; Stelzenm et al, 2013; Jay et al, 2012 and Calado et al, 2010). In order to achieve broad acceptance, ownership and support for implementation, it is important to involve all institutions, including coastal regions, at the earliest possible stage in the planning process.
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