Development of a webGIS Application to Assess Conflicting Activities in the Framework of Marine Spatial Planning
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Source of Data
2.2. Methodology
2.2.1. Geodatabase Development—Spatial Analysis—Delineation of Conflicting Activities
2.2.2. The webGIS Application
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Application of the Developed Web GP Tools
3.1.1. GP Tool 1: Detection of Areas Where Two Specific Conflicts Co-Exist
3.1.2. GP Tool 2: Detection of Areas Where More than Two Conflicts Co-Exist
3.1.3. GP Tool 3: Detection of Co-Existing Conflicts in a Specific Area around a Point of Interest
3.1.4. GP Tool 4: Detection of Co-Existing Conflicts within a Selected Distance from the Coastline
3.1.5. GP Tool 5: Detection of Areas of Co-Existing Conflicts That Are Larger than a Specific Extent
3.2. Analysis of the Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Activities | Data Sources |
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Coastal fishing | Fisheries Control Directorate |
Trawling | Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 |
Purse seining | Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 |
Marine aquaculture | River Basin Management Plans, River Basin District of the Aegean Islands, Special Secretariat for Water, Ministry of Environment and Energy; EMODnet; Oikoskopio, WWF Greece |
Bathing waters | Special Secretariat for Water, Ministry of Environment and Energy |
Anchorages | World Cruising and Sailing Wiki |
Ports | Ministry of Rural Development and Food; EMODnet; World Cruising and Sailing Wiki |
Marinas | World Cruising and Sailing Wiki |
Shipping routes (passenger) | EuroGeographics—EuroGlobalMap |
Wastewater disposal | Ministry of Environment and Energy |
Submarine communications cable | EMODnet |
Marine protected areas (Natura 2000) | Ministry of Environment and Energy; Geodata.gov.gr |
Underwater archeological sites | Ministry of Culture and Sports |
Areas covered by Posidonia oceanica | Ministerial Decision 2442/51879/2016; Fisheries Control Directorate; Ministerial Decision 2886/142447/2019 |
Number of Co-Existing Conflicts | GP Tool 2 (km2) | GP Tool 4 (km2) | GP Tool 5 (km2) |
---|---|---|---|
2 | 1205.97 | 1181.55 | 1188.30 |
3 | 653.84 | 16.27 | 643.01 |
4 | 81.48 | 77.67 | 80.02 |
5 | 13.73 | 10.94 | 10.94 |
6 | 8.10 | 1.45 | 7.72 |
7 | 1.36 | 0.78 | 0.78 |
8 | 3.39 | 3.12 | 3.12 |
9 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
10 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
11 | 0.01 | 0.21 | 0.21 |
12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
Total area (km2) | 1968.47 | 1292.20 | 1934.30 |
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Patera, A.; Pataki, Z.; Kitsiou, D. Development of a webGIS Application to Assess Conflicting Activities in the Framework of Marine Spatial Planning. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10, 389. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030389
Patera A, Pataki Z, Kitsiou D. Development of a webGIS Application to Assess Conflicting Activities in the Framework of Marine Spatial Planning. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2022; 10(3):389. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030389
Chicago/Turabian StylePatera, Anastasia, Zoi Pataki, and Dimitra Kitsiou. 2022. "Development of a webGIS Application to Assess Conflicting Activities in the Framework of Marine Spatial Planning" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 10, no. 3: 389. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030389