Abstract
Maritime spatial planning is considered a key instrument for the success of integrated maritime policy. MSP is therefore an integrated approach to address the conflicting and competing uses of ocean resources and spaces in order to achieve the sustainable development of seas. This paper aims to access how governance models have been evolving with the implementation of MSP in Europe. The study compares institutional and legal frameworks in a North-South context, based on the case studies of Norway, Netherlands, England, Germany and Portugal and concludes that, although there are similarities in the legal frameworks developed to implement MSP, more profound differences arise on marine governance models and institutional frameworks, reflecting different political approaches and regional contexts.
Highlights
Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) is viewed as a global major policy tool to ensure integrated and holistic management of oceans and seas
This paper aims to access how governance models have been evolving with the implementation of MSP in Europe
The analysis carried out for MSP governance models adopted by England, Netherlands, Norway, Germany and Portugal, allowed to identify both similarities and differences in strategic choices for the implementation and development of MSP
Summary
Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) is viewed as a global major policy tool to ensure integrated and holistic management of oceans and seas. It has been pointed out as the way to improve the decision making regarding ocean sustainability and as a way to achieve more effective implementation of the ecosystem-based management approach in the marine environment [1]. At a time when the oceans are regaining their importance as priority for many countries, the MSP emerges as a tool for sustainable marine governance, reducing and resolving possible conflicts between different uses and activities in the maritime space. The stakeholders have an important role in the MSP policy development, in order to achieve its goals [5] [6]
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