TY - JOUR TI - A roadmap for marine spatial planning: A critical examination of the European Commission's guiding principles based on their application in the Clyde MSP Pilot Project AU - Flannery, W AU - Cinnéide, M T2 - Marine Policy AB - The European Commission has developed a set of common principles for marine spatial planning in the European Union. A critical examination of these principles in practice is undertaken through an evaluation of the Clyde Marine Spatial Planning Pilot Project. The principles are found to be lacking in specificity and somewhat inconsistent with the ecosystem based approach, which they advocate. Lessons for new marine spatial planning initiatives, relating particularly to stakeholder participation, governance, data requirements, objective setting, and skills and knowledge needs, are derived from the Clyde Pilot. DA - 2012/01// PY - 2012 VL - 36 IS - 1 SP - 265 EP - 271 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X11001059 DO - 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.06.003 LA - English KW - Marine Energy KW - Marine Spatial Planning KW - Human Dimensions ER -