Integrating management tools and concepts to develop an estuarine planning support system: A case study of the Humber Estuary, Eastern England

Lonsdale, Jemma-Anne; Weston, Keith; Barnard, Steve; Boyes, Suzanne J.; Elliott, Michael

Abstract

© 2015. Estuaries are important because of their multiple uses and users which often makes them challenging to manage since management must strike a balance between the needs of users, the estuaries' ecological and economic value and the context of multiple legislative drivers. To facilitate management we have therefore developed an Estuarine Planning Support System (EPSS) framework using the Humber Estuary, Eastern England, as a case study which integrates the current legislation tools and concepts. This integrated EPSS framework is an improvement on previous approaches for assessing cumulative impacts as it takes into account legislative drivers, management tools and other mechanisms for controlling plans/projects specific to the estuary. It therefore enables managers and users to assess and address both the current state and the way in which a new industrial, port or urban development could impact an estuary in an accessible and understandable framework.

Citation

Lonsdale, J., Weston, K., Barnard, S., Boyes, S. J., & Elliott, M. (2015). Integrating management tools and concepts to develop an estuarine planning support system: A case study of the Humber Estuary, Eastern England. Marine pollution bulletin, 100(1), 393-405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.08.017

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 2, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Sep 3, 2015
• Publication Date: Nov 15, 2015
• Deposit Date: Dec 9, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Marine pollution bulletin
• Print ISSN: 0025-326X
• Electronic ISSN: 1879-3363
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 100
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 393-405
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.08.017
• Keywords: Ecosystem goods and services; Estuarine Planning Framework; Estuary; Humber
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/382315
• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X15005214
• Additional Information: Authors' accepted manuscript of article published in: Marine pollution bulletin, 2015, v.100 issue 1.