Abstract
The focus of this paper is to define anchorage management model for concession planning purposes to provide quality support to experts in spatial planning when developing maritime spatial plans. The research aim is to develop an anchorage management model that includes decision and concession support concept. Decision support concept is defined in order to support the processes of identifying potential anchorage locations, their evaluation and comparison, and finally, the priority ranking and selection of locations for their construction. The final step is modelling the concession support concept that includes financial analysis to concession parameters definition. The problem of decision making and concession of the anchorage location selection is complex and ill-structured because of the unsystematic and ad-hoc decisions by all included stakeholders. Additionally, the involvement of several stakeholders’ groups with different preferences and background knowledge, a large amount of conflicting and seemingly incomparable information and data, and numerous conflicting goals and criteria impact final decisions. The proposed concepts overcome the above obstacles in order to enable the construction of anchorages in a way of optimal use of maritime space. The model is tested on the island of Brač, Croatia. The methods used to solve the task are SWARA (The Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis) for defining the criteria weights and ELECTRE (Elimination and Choice Expressing Reality) for ranking anchorage locations.
Highlights
Academic Editor: Barbara ZanuttighCroatia has a 5790-km long coastline, of which 4012 km is island line, with a total of inhabited and 652 uninhabited islands, 78 reefs, and 389 cliffs [1]
For the purposes of valorisation, this paper proposes a model that ensures the inclusion of all important aspects of maritime domain management for the implementation of anchoring activities as well as the involvement of relevant stakeholders for the implementation of such a procedure
The paper presents unique concepts for decision support and concession support that provide a systematic approach in the planning and management of maritime assets, i.e., complex construction projects regarding it, such as the construction of anchorages
Summary
Academic Editor: Barbara ZanuttighCroatia has a 5790-km long coastline, of which 4012 km is island line, with a total of inhabited and 652 uninhabited islands, 78 reefs, and 389 cliffs [1]. In Croatia, nautical tourism has great economic and tourist potential and is important as an activity with a very high tendency of growth and expansion in the future [2]. It is estimated that nautical tourism will continue to grow in the period given that Croatia has great potential as a leading country in nautical tourism in the Mediterranean. The system of concessions in the Republic of Croatia is regulated by the Law of Concessions [3], in use since 2012. The provisions of Articles 17 and 18 of the Law on Maritime Domain and Seaports [4] stipulate that a concession for the economic use of a maritime property is granted on the basis of public bidding and that the decision on public bidding is made by the concession grantor. The Law on Maritime Property and Seaports must contain the criteria on the basis of which the most favourable bid will be selected
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