Exploring social justice in marine spatial planning: planner and stakeholder perspectives and experiences in the Baltic Sea Region

Exploring social justice in marine spatial planning : planner and stakeholder perspectives and experiences in the Baltic Sea Region

This article contributes to the increasing traction of social justice in marine spatial planning (MSP) by exploring perceptions and experiences of social justice from the viewpoint of planners and different social groups who were included and (self)excluded in MSP processes. The study builds on empirical material from Poland, Latvia, and Germany consisting of interviews, MSP legislation, and documents that were analysed through the lens of a multidimensional social justice framework centring on recognition, representation, distribution, and capabilities. Results indicate that MSP institutional arrangements constrain possibilities for marginalised and less consolidated actor groups (residents, coastal tourism, and small-scale fisheries) to enjoy the same degree of recognition that is given to groups representing strategic national interests (renewable energy and shipping). We also highlight the role of planners’ self-reflectivity in enhancing/depriving capabilities of vulnerable social groups whose wellbeing and multidimensional relationships with the sea call for institutional responses adaptive to specific planning contexts.

NATURVETENSKAP Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap Miljövetenskap hsv//swe
NATURAL SCIENCES Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences hsv//eng
capabilities
distribution
participation
recognition
social justice
Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning
Baltic and East European studies

Tafon, RalphSödertörns högskola,Miljövetenskap(Swepub:sh)shrhtn15 (author)
Saunders, Fred,1961-Södertörns högskola,Miljövetenskap(Swepub:sh)shfdss03 (author)
Gee, KiraHelmholtz Zentrum Hereon, Germany(Swepub:sh)shkage19 (author)
Gilek, Michael,1965- (author)
Armoškaitė, A.Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Latvia; Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark (author)
Ikauniece, A.Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Latvia (author)
Matczak, M.Gdynia Maritime University, Poland (author)
Turski, J.Gdynia Maritime University, Poland (author)
Zaucha, J.Gdynia Maritime University, Poland; University of Gdańsk, Poland (author)
Södertörns högskolaMiljövetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

In:Journal of Environmental Planning and Management: Routledge0964-05681360-0559

By the author/editor: Stalmokaitė, Ign ...; Tafon, Ralph; Saunders, Fred, ...; Gee, Kira; Gilek, Michael, ...; Armoškaitė, A.; show more...; Ikauniece, A.; Matczak, M.; Turski, J.; Zaucha, J.; show less...

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