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Title: | The Coastal Dimension of Maritime Spatial Planning |
Authors: | BARALE Vittorio |
Citation: | Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, MEDCOAST 11 vol. 2 p. 933-944 |
Publisher: | MEDCOAST, Mediterranean Coastal Foundation |
Publication Year: | 2011 |
JRC N°: | JRC67880 |
URI: | http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC67880 |
Type: | Articles in periodicals and books |
Abstract: | Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) is considered a key instrument for the implementation of the EU Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP), which aims to ensure the economic development of coastal and marine areas in a sustainable manner. Coastal zones constitute the “hinge” between land and sea developments, so that MSP must coordinate, and overlap where required, with Integrated Coastal Management (ICM), using a common ecosystem approach. The selection of suitable geographical units, where this approach can be taken, and MSP/ICM applied, requires the assessment of ecological provinces, characterized by a coherent set of environmental traits. Ideally this can be done on the basis of synoptic Remote Sensing (RS) data, to cover space/time scales not accessible by other means. Sample data for the Mediterranean Sea provide examples of the coverage obtainable for a set of complementary ecosystem indicators. |
JRC Directorate: | Sustainable Resources |
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