Marine planning
We are currently developing a set of tools to support
the Marine
Management Organisation (MMO) in the development of marine
plans, and to help them with practical decision-making through the
planning process.
Our R&D programme focuses on the development of tools,
methods and approaches that have a spatial component, and which use
spatial data for UK offshore waters.Those tools will range
from simple methods such as the quantification of human activities
on the UK continental shelf to more complex spatial models that
address cumulative and in-combination effects between competing
activities.
These tools enable the assessment of possible scenarios for
the future activity of sectors in marine plans and will support the
efficient use of marine space for some activities, to achieve a
particular policy outcome.
This project builds on expert workshops, invited experts and
data analyses and spatial models using ArcGIS.
For more information see
"Managing our seas in a sustainable manner - what tools do we
need?"