Offshore Energy and Marine Spatial Planning

ISBN-13: 9781138954533 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 300 str.

Katherine Yates; Corey Bradshaw

Opis

Offshore energy generation is a rapidly growing sector, competing for space in an already busy seascape. This book brings together the ecological, economic and social implications of the spatial conflict this growth entails. Covering all energy-generation types (wind, wave, tidal, oil, and gas), it explores the direct and indirect impacts the growth of offshore energy generation has on both the marine environment and the existing uses of marine space.

Chapters cover the main issues associated with offshore energy, such as the displacement of existing activities and the negative impacts it can have on marine species and ecosystems, including marine mammals, birds and fish. It is shown that while the growth in offshore energy generation is driven by increasing energy demand, it also presents new opportunities for collaboration and co-location with other sectors, for example the co-location of wild-capture fisheries and windfarms.

The book integrates all of the key issues and opportunities and demonstrates the importance of holistic marine planning for optimising the location of energy-generation sites. It demonstrates the importance of stakeholder engagement in these planning processes and the role of integrated governance, including case studies from US, UK and Mediterranean waters. It also discusses trade-off analysis and decision theory, and provides a range of tools and best practices to inform future planning processes.

Recenzje

"Offshore Energy and Marine Spatial Planning contributes expert, thoughtful and useful information and analysis to anyone focusing on MSP in areas of the ocean where hydrocarbon, wind, wave, and tidal projects are contemplated." - Van Penick, in Ocean Yearbook 33, Brill Nijhoff, 2019 

Spis treści

Introduction: Marine spatial planning in the age of offshore energy  1. Marine spatial planning: an idea whose time has come  2. Methods and utility of ecosystem service trade-off analysis for guiding marine planning of offshore energy  3. It starts with a conversation: achieving conservation goals in collaboration with the offshore energy industry  4. Challenges and opportunities for governance in marine spatial planning  5. Legal aspects of marine spatial planning  6. Displacement of existing activities  7. Tracing regime shifts in the provisionof coastal-marine cultural ecosystem services  8. Environmental implications of offshore energy  9. Meaningful stakeholder participation in marine spatial planning with offshore energy  10. Capturing benefits: opportunities for the co-location of offshore energy and fisheries  11. Compatibility of offshore energy installations with marine protected areas  12. Marine spatial planning and stakeholder collaboration: advancing offshore wind energy and ocean ecosystem protection in New England  13. Co-locating offshore wind farms and marine protected areas: a United Kingdom perspective  14. Conservation challenges in the face of new hydrocarbon discoveries in the Mediterranean Sea  15. Siting offshore energy arrays: a case study using interactive marine planning  16. The future of marine spatial planning