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Identifying conflict potential in a coastal and marine environment using participatory mapping
Journal of Environmental Management, Vol.197, pp.706-718
2017
Abstract
Planning for coastal and marine environments is often characterized by conflict over current and proposed uses. Marine spatial planning has been proposed as a way forward, however, social data are often missing impeding decision-making. Participatory mapping, a technique useful for providing social data and predict conflict potential, is being used in an increasing number of terrestrial applications to inform planning, but has been little used in the marine realm. This study collected social data for an extensive coastline in northwestern Australia via 167 in-depth face-to-face interviews including participant mapping of place values. From the transcribed interviews and digitized maps, we inductively identified 17 values, with biodiversity, the physical landscape, and Aboriginal culture being most valued. To spatially identify conflict potential, values were classified in matrices as consumptive or non-consumptive with the former assumed to be less compatible with other values. Pairwise comparisons of value compatibilities informed a spatial GIS determination of conflict potential. The results were overlaid with the boundaries of nine marine protected areas in the region to illustrate the application of this method for marine spatial planning. The three near shore marine protected areas had at least one third of their area exhibiting conflict potential. Participatory mapping accompanied by conflict potential mapping provides important insights for spatial planning in these often-highly contested marine environments.
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- Title
- Identifying conflict potential in a coastal and marine environment using participatory mapping
- Authors/Creators
- S.A. Moore (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityG. Brown (Author/Creator) - California Polytechnic State UniversityH. Kobryn (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityJ. Strickland-Munro (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Environmental Management, Vol.197, pp.706-718
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Identifiers
- 991005540537807891
- Copyright
- © 2017 Elsevier Ltd.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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