for the Blue Economy Small Island: Big Challenges Greg Lloyd - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Marine Planning for the Blue Economy Small Island: Big Challenges Greg Lloyd Heather Ritchie School of the Built Environment Ulster University mg.lloyd@ulster.ac.uk h.ritchie@ulster.ac.uk Deborah Peel School of the Environment University of Dundee d.peel@dundee.ac.uk

Aspirations for a Blue Economy? A Moving Equilibrium? Policy Catch-up?

Why a Marine Planning approach for the Blue Economy? 1.Context: Land – Coast - Sea : Ecosystemic thinking 2.Social-ecological resilience – an integrated policy approach 3.Fragmented regulatory regime - Water Framework Directive; Integrated Coastal Zone Management; Maritime Directive; separate marine planning systems 4.Defining Marine Spatial Planning and the Blue Economy 5.Towards an all-island perspective for a sustainable blue economy?

Ecosystemic Thinking Geddes ’ Valley Section Miner Woodman Hunter Shepherd Peasant Gardener Citizen Fisherman

Productive Seas, Stable Ecosystems and Flourishing Communities? Social Construction of the Blue Economy?

A Blue Economy? Land – Coastal – Sea : Pressures Land Coast Marine / Maritime Demand for energy Supporting infrastructure Offshore energy Offshore renewable – wind, Waste management Development management tidal, wave (f uel security)… Sensitive interface Demand for food Supporting infrastructure Offshore food production Fishing; a quaculture… Development management Demand for employment and Job creation; skills; housing, Tourism; industrial; transport; engineering; safety; tourism… economic development etc; R&D; maintenance; support; “interface” Community values (‘fixed’ Identity; sense of place; Fishing (etc) communities; resident, visitor, future…) intrinsic – local / regional; “footloose” communities ( eg investors; developers…) regeneration

A Social-Ecological Resilience Framework Social construction Ecological / Environmental Sphere Social / Institutional Sphere Sustaining Social Learning Inter- Spatial Land Use Regional Local Management regional Planning Planning ecosystem ecosystem ecosystem Practices Deliberating Transforming

A Dynamic Context? Land – Coast – Sea : Challenges and Opportunities Land Coast Marine / Maritime Flooding Erosion Dynamic - international Engineering – critical Resilience Resilience infrastructure Variegated coastal Common property communities – flourishing Social / demographic change Economic potential – Diverse economic impacts – the resort Relative economic competition and performance cycle? contestation Ecosystems (positive and Ecosystems (positive and Ecosystems (positive and negative) negative) negative)

A Non-Joined up Regulatory Framework? 200 12 6 3 HWM LWM miles miles miles miles http://www.coastalguide.org/icm/england.html

A Segmented Regulatory Framework? Land – Coast – Sea : Challenges and Opportunities Land Coast Marine / Maritime Emergent terrestrial Integrated Coastal Zone Transboundary planning system (RPA) Management Maritime Directive Regional planning Shoreline Plans Marine Plans Local development planning Licensing Framework for Cooperation Water Framework Directive

A Blue Economy? Land – Coast – Sea : Pooled Sovereignty Land Coast Marine / Maritime International National Sustainable and Resilient Blue Economy Regional Local Democratic decision-making Community engagement – international; national; regional; local integration