Article Dans Une Revue Ocean and Coastal Management Année : 2025

Marine spatial planning initiatives off the coast of large coastal cities. An assessment in the Northwestern Mediterranean

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Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is fundamental to the management of marine resources and space. Many countries have drawn up national marine spatial plans that, as with land spatial planning, need to be transposed and adapted at local level, particularly in areas of significant socio-economic interest. Major coastal cities and adjacent marine areas are critical places for local MSP. However, there has been little investigation of MSP implementation in these priority contexts. To narrow this gap, this study analyses how the local authorities of seven major coastal cities of the Northwestern Mediterranean, located in France, Italy and Spain, are including the sea in their planning strategies, and what they are doing in terms of MSP. Examining their public policies and spatial planning strategies sheds light on whether and how they are transposing MSP, and with what objectives. Results show that local implementation of MSP in these cities is highly heterogeneous, influenced both by national policies and local initiatives, and still rare. Among the seven cities, only Barcelona and Marseille stand out for their initiatives to plan and manage their marine area. This calls into question the impact of the European and national maritime policies enacted over the past decades to promote MSP.

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hal-05250733 , version 1 (12-09-2025)
hal-05250733 , version 2 (09-10-2025)

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Federico Fabbri, Sandrine Ruitton, Samuel Robert. Marine spatial planning initiatives off the coast of large coastal cities. An assessment in the Northwestern Mediterranean. Ocean and Coastal Management, 2025, 270, pp.107898. ⟨10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107898⟩. ⟨hal-05250733v1⟩
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