University of Liverpool ESPON Open Seminar 2014 “Opportunities and threats for territorial cohesion: Blue Growth and Urban Poverty” Workshop 3 – Sustainable development ESaTDOR (European Seas and Territorial Development Opportunities and Risks) Professor David Shaw University of Liverpool

Introduction to ESaTDOR Map the different types of sea use across Europe to develop typology of coastal/marine regions drawing on existing ESPON typologies Identify developmental opportunities (and constraints) for different coastal/marine regions Explore best practice in terms of terrestrial-marine governance Provide guidance and advice on how these critical assets can be effectively and democratically managed Suggest further areas for research to maximise opportunities, but minimise human impacts on marine assets

Towards a typology

Composite Maps Flows – sea Environment – sea Economic Activity - land

Intensity of activities Coldspots Hotspots

A typology of land sea interaction

Territorial Trends for the Blue Economy Seas are increasing being seen as useful territorial spaces- but variable Land sea interactions poorly understood- but critical and not just immediate interface Governance arrangements- at various scales fragmented and immature (at least compared to land) Certain sectors growing, certain sectors declining Balance between traditional development, new development and environmental integrity key Data messy but we need agreement over core indicators-need to be pragmatic DG Mare 2014

Opportunities and Challenges Good /improved environmental quality in European seas key to maintaining and enhancing opportunities – poor deteriorating environmental quality provide huge risks Seas provide space for new and enhanced territorial development But approach to planning relatively new, scale and relative power of stakeholders perhaps some interests (may be traditional interests and stakeholders loose some influence). Need for effective transnational governance arrangements (formal or informal) to deal with the transnational challenges of Europe’s seas Governance arrangements perhaps with none EU neighbouring countries even more challenging. Challenge about the appropriate scale for integrated maritime planning with an increasing focus on the regional sea scale

Additional Evidence for Policy Makers Just put ‘toe into the water’, compared with land use planning and the territorial development question Need to understand much more about the extent to which the maritime economy and blue growth, onshore, offshore have become embedded in European ‘smart specialisation’ agendas and at what scale – What impact has blue growth had beyond DG Mare No real understanding of temporal change Need to agree a focus for data priorities related to key themes to the blue growth agenda Better understanding of where Blue growth has real potential and is making a difference

Thank You!!! daveshaw@liv.ac.uk http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_AppliedResearch/ESaTDOR.html