| Authors |
Koundouri, P., Chen, W., Davila, O., Giannouli, A., Hernandez Brito, J., Kotroni, E., Mailli, E., Mintenbeck, K., Papagianni, C. and Souliotis, I. |
| Title |
A socio-economic framework for integrating multi-use offshore platforms in sustainable blue growth management: theory and applications |
| Abstract |
More than 70 percent of the earth�s surface is covered by oceans and seas, much of which is either underexplored or unexplored for the time being. Our seas and oceans offer a vast renewable energy resource and production possibilities with great potential for innovation and growth contributing to the welfare of the human beings. The European Union (EU) supports the implementation of Blue Growth Strategy1 and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD; Directive 2008/56/EU, European Commission 2008), which aim to boost growth in marine-related socio-economic activities ensuring the good environmental status of marine waters and applies the Directive for Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP; Directive 2014/89/EU, European Commission 2014),2 which requires its member states to develop plans to better coordinate the various marine activities, with regard to environmental efficiency and sustainable development. The Multi-Use Offshore Platforms (MUOPs) are proposed as the means to accomplish efficient use of marine space and they are supported from the EU through marine initiatives and directives. In this chapter we present a tool for assessing the implementation feasibility of MUOPs. |
| Creation Date |
2017-12-00 |
| File |
MUOPs.pdf (493107 bytes) |
| File-Function |
First version |
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