A Tailored Method for Strategic Environmental Assessment in Maritime Spatial Planning

Q1 Social Sciences

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management Pub Date : 2022-05-07 DOI:10.1142/s1464333222500090

H. Calado, Débora Gutierrez, C. Pegorelli, Trine Skovgaard Kirkfeldt, C. Hipólito, F. Moniz, Will McClintock, Marta Vergílio, J. Guerreiro, E. Papaioannou

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Abstract

Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is used to identify the potential impacts of plans and policies such as maritime spatial planning (MSP). Studies have demonstrated ambiguity in SEA objectives and substantial knowledge gaps in existing and emerging SEA practices for MSP. The aim of this paper is to support a methodology for the development, implementation, and monitoring of SEA for MSP plans based on a stepwise, participatory mapping exercise by experts, using indicators to evaluate areas of conflicts/synergies in possible future scenarios. An overview of 16 proposed indicators identified a representative criterion. Participatory sector analyses were performed in three scenarios. Most conflicts focused on coastal areas, indicating that coastal planning should be a priority in all possible scenarios. The methodology developed in this paper uses GES indicators to perform the assessment of the three different scenarios and makes the development of a participatory mapping approach with experts in the very early stages of the process a more feasible alternative for a first assessment. This methodology was efficient in a collaborative SEA evaluation of MSPs to facilitate an ecosystem approach in an Azorean case study.

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海洋空间规划中战略环境评估的定制方法

战略环境评估（SEA）用于确定海洋空间规划（MSP）等计划和政策的潜在影响。研究表明，战略环境评价目标不明确，现有和新兴的战略环境评价实践中存在重大知识差距。本文的目的是支持一种基于专家逐步参与的测绘工作的MSP计划SEA的制定、实施和监测方法，使用指标评估未来可能情景中的冲突/协同作用领域。对16个拟议指标的概述确定了一个具有代表性的标准。参与性部门分析分三种情况进行。大多数冲突都集中在沿海地区，这表明在所有可能的情况下，沿海规划都应该是优先事项。本文开发的方法使用GES指标对三种不同的情景进行评估，并使在该过程的早期阶段与专家一起制定参与式绘图方法成为第一次评估的更可行的替代方案。该方法在MSP的合作SEA评估中是有效的，以促进亚速尔群岛案例研究中的生态系统方法。

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Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management is an interdisciplinary, peer reviewed, international journal covering policy and decision-making relating to environmental assessment (EA) in the broadest sense. Uniquely, its specific aim is to explore the horizontal interactions between assessment and aspects of environmental management (not just the vertical interactions within the broad field of impact assessment) and thereby to identify comprehensive approaches to environmental improvement involving both qualitative and quantitative information. As the concepts associated with sustainable development mature, links between environmental assessment and management systems become all the more essential.