Speaker
Description
Maritime spatial planning (MSP) is significantly important to upholding sustainability and managing conflicts among the maritime industries. The first-generation planning document, the Maritime Spatial Plan 2030 (MSPlan 2030) covering also sea waters along the Kurzeme coast, was officially adopted in May 2019. The first Interim Evaluation 2019-2023 of the MSPlan 2030 was published in October 2024. There is an increasing need for a modern approach to MSP, backed by a validated methodology, in realising more sustainable and efficient maritime sectors such as the shipping industry.
It is, therefore, the aim of this study to evaluate how maritime space is being utilized for the resolution of possible conflicts, describe the potential synergies of those sectors, and work on a methodology to fill existing gaps in Latvian MSP documentation. The preliminary results indicate that existing planning documents carry less analytical depth in terms of cross-sectoral conflicts and synergies and that the methodology deployed is rather weak. A conflict and synergies (FOCS) framework is proposed to evaluate spatial cross-sectoral interactions using distance, importance and governance indicators, taking root in classical gravity and magnetic field theories. The study employs geographic information system (GIS), mathematical modelling, multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), statistical methods and stakeholder/expert judgment.
| Presenting author | Ieva Demjanenko |
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