Decision Guide: Selecting Decision Support Tools for Marine Spatial Planning.
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2011Corporate Author
Center for Ocean Solutions
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56pp.
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In this Decision Guide, the term marine spatial planning is used, but emphasis is placed on the
systematic and spatial nature of these approaches rather than the name itself.
The systematic component provides a framework for more
comprehensive, flexible, well-governed, and science-based
planning processes, while the spatial component adds a
place-based focus to planning processes. The goals of these
approaches are to promote efficient use of marine space
and resources, while reducing use-use and use-ecosystem
conflicts. To achieve these goals, resource planners and
managers (hereafter referred to as practitioners) need
spatially-explicit tools that can help (1) incorporate data
from ecological, economic, and social systems; (2) trans-
parently assess management alternatives and trade-offs;
(3) involve stakeholders; and (4) evaluate progress towards
management objectives. This Decision Guide, produced by
the Center for Ocean Solutions (COS), is intended to a.....
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www.centerforoceansolutions.orgPublisher
The Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA
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enSustainable Development Goals (SDG)
14.2Best Practice Type
Best PracticeGuide
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Center for Ocean Solutions (2011) Decision Guide: Selecting Decision Support Tools for Marine Spatial Planning. Stanford, CA: The Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, 56pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-44Collections