The MSP Stakeholders' Perception of Port and Coastal Protection Activity

Abstract

The management of coastal and marine areas is a dynamic and complex one, which must take into account ways of balancing resource use and promoting the sustainable growth of the maritime economy. The MSP Directive (2014/89/EU) requires the Member States to consider economic, social, and environmental aspects in order to support sustainable development and the growth of the maritime sector, taking into account the interactions between land and sea. Thus, the aim of this article is to carry out an assessment of stakeholders' perceptions of land-sea interactions’ impact on the port and coastal protection activities in the Romanian Black Sea coastal area, from the point of view of their priorities: ecological, economic, and social. The analysis was performed on the basis of a questionnaire drafted within the MARSPLAN BS II project, to which MSP stakeholders, public and private entities, responded, the variables being grouped according to the scale on which the participating organization is operating: international, local and national.

Keywords

• port and coastal protection activity
• stakeholders
• land–sea interaction (lsi)
• romanian coastal area
• maritime spatial planning (msp)