1. 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

2. 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

3. Towards a typology

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

5. Intensity of activities
Coldspots
Hotspots

6. A typology of land sea interaction

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Thank You!!! daveshaw@liv.ac.uk