Maritime Spatial Planning in Cyprus

Hadjimitsis Diofantos; Agapiou Athos; Themistocleous Kyriakos; Mettas Christodoulos; Evagorou Evagoras; Soulis Giorgos; Xagoraris Zafeiris; Pilikou Maria; Aliouris Kyriakos; Ioannou Nicolas

doi:10.1515/geo-2016-0061

Open Geosciences (Jan 2016)

Maritime Spatial Planning in Cyprus

Hadjimitsis Diofantos,
Agapiou Athos,
Themistocleous Kyriakos,
Mettas Christodoulos,
Evagorou Evagoras,
Soulis Giorgos,
Xagoraris Zafeiris,
Pilikou Maria,
Aliouris Kyriakos,
Ioannou Nicolas

Affiliations

Hadjimitsis Diofantos: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, 2-6, Saripolou str., 3603, Limassol, Cyprus
Agapiou Athos: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, 2-6, Saripolou str., 3603, Limassol, Cyprus
Themistocleous Kyriakos: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, 2-6, Saripolou str., 3603, Limassol, Cyprus
Mettas Christodoulos: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, 2-6, Saripolou str., 3603, Limassol, Cyprus
Evagorou Evagoras: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, 2-6, Saripolou str., 3603, Limassol, Cyprus
Soulis Giorgos: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, 2-6, Saripolou str., 3603, Limassol, Cyprus
Xagoraris Zafeiris: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, 2-6, Saripolou str., 3603, Limassol, Cyprus
Pilikou Maria: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, 2-6, Saripolou str., 3603, Limassol, Cyprus
Aliouris Kyriakos: Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, Department of Merchant Shipping, Cyprus
Ioannou Nicolas: Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, Department of Merchant Shipping, Cyprus

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2016-0061
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 653 – 661

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Spatial Planning is a critical tool for land management and is extensively used in all developed nations. The Marine Spatial Planning (MSP), at the European Union (EU) level, is based on Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and Council of 23rd July 2014 which establishes a common framework for MSP in the EU, which each Member State is called to apply in relation to the maritime space under its jurisdiction (marine waters). In this paper the overall results from the “Cross-Border Cooperation for the development of Marine Spatial Planning” project are presented for the area of Cyprus. A variety of activities fall within the MSP such as maritime transport routes and traffic flows, exploration, exploitation and extraction of energy resources, tourism, underwater cultural heritage etc. In addition, the legal framework, activities maps are also shown. The variety of conflicts maps for the area of Limassol are illustrated both in 2D and 3D. A hypothetical scenario of Limassol town in Cyprus as an energy center is presented based on the overall results. The paper ends with some conclusions regarding the framework of MSP in Cyprus.

Published in Open Geosciences

ISSN: 2391-5447 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Science: Geology
Website: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/geo

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