Spatial access priority mapping (SAPM) with fishers: a quantitative GIS method for participatory planning.

ABSTRACT: Spatial management tools, such as marine spatial planning and marine protected areas, are playing an increasingly important role in attempts to improve marine management and accommodate conflicting needs. Robust data are needed to inform decisions among different planning options, and early inclusion of stakeholder involvement is widely regarded as vital for success. One of the biggest stakeholder groups, and the most likely to be adversely impacted by spatial restrictions, is the fishing community. In order to take their priorities into account, planners need to understand spatial variation in their perceived value of the sea. Here a readily accessible, novel method for quantitatively mapping fishers' spatial access priorities is presented. Spatial access priority mapping, or SAPM, uses o

SUBMITTER: Yates KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3713016 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature