TY - JOUR

T1 - Integrated assessment of coastal and marine changes using the example of offshore wind farms

T2 - The coastal ftures approach

AU - Kannen, Andreas

AU - Burkhard, Benjamin

N1 - Funding information: this study was conducted under texas a&m animal use Protocol no. 2005-48. We thank heidi and Chris Pearson, Jody Weir, nick Duprey, heidi amin, Silvia tirapelle, and numerous earthwatch volunteers for feedback, assistance, and technical expertise. additionally, Danny, Lyn, and amy boulton, Ross and Vera mcDonald, brian Lloyd, and the new Zealand Department of Conservation provided logistical support in the field. Funding was provided by the marlborough District Council, new Zealand Department of Conservation, national geographic Society, earthwatch, Texas A&M University Departments of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences and Marine Biology, Erma Lee and Luke Mooney Graduate Student Travel Grants, andMelany Wiirsig. Underwater video equipment was purchased with a grant from the Texas A&M University Department of Marine Biology, with much help from Gil Rowe, Stacie Arms, and Janet Maxwell. Chris Marshall and Lawrence Griffing contributed helpful ideas during the development of this study, and regarding analyses. We thank Lisa Ballance, Thomas Reuland, and an anonymous reviewer for valuable comments on the manuscript. Background maps of New Zealand are courtesy of Eagle Technologies, Wellington, New Zealand

PY - 2009/9

Y1 - 2009/9

N2 - This article begins with a discussion of developments concerning offshore wind farms in the German North Sea as an example of marine use change. Specifically, it takes a look at whether Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) can help to improve the planning framework. While ICZM cannot solve all political problems, it meets some planning needs. Recently, integrated approaches have become more and more influential in legislation, but a significant implementation gap exists. To overcome this gap, new modes of coastal governance need to be established (e. g., moving from management of single human activities to management of use patterns, from protection of individual species to protection of ecosystems, or from single scales to multiple scales). The second part of the article describes the integrative approach of the German research project Coastal Futures. Using the DPSIR (drivers, pressure, state, impact, response) framework, scenario storylines were used to describe potential marine use patterns causing different ecological and socio-economic impacts. With the approach developed for the example of offshore wind, Coastal Futures aims to establish a general concept for integrated assessments of coastal change.

AB - This article begins with a discussion of developments concerning offshore wind farms in the German North Sea as an example of marine use change. Specifically, it takes a look at whether Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) can help to improve the planning framework. While ICZM cannot solve all political problems, it meets some planning needs. Recently, integrated approaches have become more and more influential in legislation, but a significant implementation gap exists. To overcome this gap, new modes of coastal governance need to be established (e. g., moving from management of single human activities to management of use patterns, from protection of individual species to protection of ecosystems, or from single scales to multiple scales). The second part of the article describes the integrative approach of the German research project Coastal Futures. Using the DPSIR (drivers, pressure, state, impact, response) framework, scenario storylines were used to describe potential marine use patterns causing different ecological and socio-economic impacts. With the approach developed for the example of offshore wind, Coastal Futures aims to establish a general concept for integrated assessments of coastal change.

KW - Coastal Futures

KW - DPSIR

KW - Integrated assessment

KW - Integrated Coastal Zone Management

KW - North Sea

KW - Offshore wind farms

KW - Scenarios

KW - Social-ecological systems

KW - Spatial planning

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77349120495&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.14512/gaia.18.3.9

DO - 10.14512/gaia.18.3.9

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:77349120495

VL - 18

SP - 229

EP - 238

JO - GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

JF - GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

SN - 0940-5550

IS - 3

ER -