Marine spatial planning and terrestrial spatial planning: reflecting on new agendas

New Spatial Planning Models

Recent advances in computer memory and speed and new specialised software for the capture, manipulation and presentation of spatial information have vastly increased the possibilities of spatial planning models. The aggregation error of zones can now be overcome by new and efficient ways of spatial interpolation, spurious equilibrium assumptions can be replaced by the dynamics of different spee...

Integrating scientific guidance into marine spatial planning.

Marine spatial planning (MSP), whereby areas of the ocean are zoned for different uses, has great potential to reduce or eliminate conflicts between competing management goals, but only if strategically applied. The recent literature overwhelmingly agrees that including stakeholders in these planning processes is critical to success; but, given the countless alternative ways even simple spatial...

Planning for Protected Areas Using Spatial and Temporal Metrics

Building a Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure to Support Marine Spatial Planning in U.s. Waters

Marine spatial planning (MSP) is emerging as a practical process to help achieve the ecological, economic, and societal objectives of U.S. ocean management. Coastal and ocean data have unique challenges that need to be addressed. Ambulatory boundaries, 4-D data needs, and difficulty acquiring these data in the marine environment are some of the challenges not traditionally faced by land-based p...

Bayesian Integration for Marine Spatial Planning and Renewable Energy Siting

The primary goal of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) study, BAYESIAN INTEGRATION FOR MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SITING is to develop a multicriteria decision support tool that improves the quality of information upon which marine spatial planning decisions are made. The project team’s goal is to develop a decision support tool that integrates scientific, e...