Decision support tools for collaborative marine spatial planning: identifying potential sites for tidal energy devices around the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland

• Published in: Journal of environmental planning and management Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 719 - 737
• Main Authors: Janssen, Ron, Arciniegas, Gustavo, Alexander, Karen A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 03-04-2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Alternative energy sources; Balancing; Credibility; Decision support systems; Devices; Interactive; Mapping; marine spatial planning; multicriteria analysis; Negotiations; Power generation; Renewable energy sources; Scotland; Sea; spatial decision support; Stakeholder; stakeholder workshops; Stakeholders; Studies; Tidal energy; Tidal power; United Kingdom; value maps; Workshops; United Kingdom > UK; Scotland; Mull of Kintyre; ANE, British Isles, Scotland, Highland, Inner Hebrides, Mull; ANE, British Isles, Scotland
• ISSN: 0964-0568; 1360-0559
• DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2014.887561

The expansion of offshore renewable energy production, such as wind, wave and tidal energy, is likely to lead to conflict between different users of the sea. Two types of spatial decision support tools were developed to support stakeholder workshops. A value mapping tool combines regional attributes with local knowledge. A negotiation support tool uses these value maps to support stakeholders in finding acceptable locations for tidal energy devices. Interactive value mapping proved useful to address deficiencies in data and to create credibility for these maps. The negotiation tool helped stakeholders in balancing objectives of the various stakeholders.