IMIS | Lifewatch regional portal

You are here

Home » IMIS

IMIS

[ report an error in this record ]basket (0): add | show Print this page
Politics and power in marine spatial planning
Flannery, W.; Clarke, J.; McAteer, B. (2019). Politics and power in marine spatial planning, in: Zaucha, J. et al. Maritime spatial planning: past, present, future. pp. 201-217. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98696-8_9
In: Zaucha, J.; Gee, K. (Ed.) (2019). Maritime spatial planning: past, present, future. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. ISBN 978-3-319-98696-8; e-ISBN 978-3-319-98695-1. xxxVII, 477 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98696-8, more
Available in  Authors 
Keyword
    Marine/Coastal
Authors  Top 
  • Flannery, W.
  • Clarke, J.
  • McAteer, B.
Abstract
    Marine spatial planning (MSP) has been lauded as a remedy to unsuitable marine management. There is, however, growing MSP research illustrating that it is failing to foster paradigm shifts towards sustainable governance. The gap between MSP theory and practice is due to its asocial and apolitical implementation. This narrow version of MSP has been advanced through post-political planning and uncritical rationalities. The result is a choreographed form of MSP, with clearly defined outcomes that serve the needs of elite actors rather than the public interest. This chapter argues that to recapture its democratising potential, MSP requires explicit engagement with politics and power. We highlight the use of the boundary object lens and citizen science as two potential avenues to facilitate this engagement.
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy Top | Authors