Tracing regime shifts in the provision of coastal-marine cultural ecosystem services

verfasst von

Kira Gee, Benjamin Burkhard

Abstract

Marine spatial planners need to understand the potential consequences of offshore wind farm development at multiple levels and spatial/temporal scales. Comparatively little is still known about how offshore wind farms affect cultural ecosystem services and how this in turn can affect individual and societal well-being. Based on a survey of local residents in a case-study region on the North Sea coast of Germany, we describe the values commonly associated with the seascape and how these can be threatened by offshore wind farm development. We show that regime shifts in the cultural ecosystem-services domain can have knock-on effects in the socio-economic system on the coast, in particular at the level of perceived individual quality of life. At the same time, opportunities exist for using this change constructively and for the benefit of the region. Marine planning, if used on appropriate spatial scales and societal levels, can help to deal constructively with changes in sea use.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Leibniz Universität IT Services (LUIS)

Externe Organisation(en)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung GmbH

Typ

Beitrag in Buch/Sammelwerk

Seiten

113-131

Anzahl der Seiten

19

Publikationsdatum

01.01.2017

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Agrar- und Biowissenschaften, Allgemeine Umweltwissenschaft

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 14 – Lebensraum Wasser

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315666877 (Zugang: Geschlossen)