The Scope of Marine Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Zone Management: New Challenges for the Future

摘要

In this context, marine planning emerged in the seventies as a response to the interest of the States in the establishment of Marine Protected Areas [1]. The best example in this regard is the Australian Great Barrier Reef Park. Today, the rapid growth that marine planning is undergoing is due to the interests of energy production [2], namely the rise of offshore-wind farms [3]. These interests are the main underlying reasons for the marine spatial planning efforts undertaken in regions as diverse as Germany, the UK, Belgium or the U.S.