Mapping human dimensions in marine spatial planning and management: An example from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
Mapping human dimensions in marine spatial planning and management: An example from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
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DOI：
10.1016/j.marpol.2009.08.001
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发表时间：
2010-03-01
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3.8
通讯作者：
Jin, Di
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作者：
Dalton, Tracey;Thompson, Robert;Jin, Di
罗得岛的纳拉甘塞特湾是一个复杂的人类活动和环境特征的马赛克，而在海湾的物理，化学和生物元素的空间分布有很好的记录，有有限的人类活动的空间分布数据。在这项研究中，人类使用的沿海沃茨在上纳拉甘塞特湾的研究使用的方法，表征和分析精细尺度的空间和时间数据的人类活动。在2006-2007年夏季，在上湾进行了为期50天的活跃水域活动的船上样带调查。分析了不同船舶类型（休闲马达、休闲帆船、划艇、商业捕鱼、工业、服务和官方）的组成和配置，并调查了拟议的土地利用政策和废水处理技术变化的影响。结果表明，休闲船民包括近三分之二的上湾的用户和使用超过一半的研究面积。工业活动集中在普罗维登斯附近，RI的主要港口所在地，在研究区域的南部有一个活跃的商业渔业。增加云层覆盖，周末和7月4日假期等条件与娱乐用途增加有关，而关闭上湾海滩游泳与商业渔船减少和更多的官方船只，娱乐摩托艇和服务船只有关。调查结果表明，上湾沃茨附近的土地从工业区转换到住宅区或码头是鼓励可能会看到一个变化的船只组成，更少的工业和公务船和更多的娱乐摩托艇，划艇，和服务船。强化废水处理技术和由此带来的水质改善可能会使海湾上游有更多的沃茨可供贝类捕捞，扩大现有的渔场，并对生态系统和其他用户造成潜在的压力。通过描述人类在海洋环境中使用的空间和时间异质性，并分析这些使用如何与它们嵌入的复杂的人类和自然系统相关，这项研究和其他类似的研究可以为旨在实现生态，经济和社会目标的海洋空间规划和管理工作做出积极贡献。(C)2009爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
The Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island is a complex mosaic of human activities and environmental features and while spatial distributions of physical, chemical, and biological elements are well documented in the Bay, there are limited data on spatial distributions of human activities. In this study, human uses of coastal waters in the upper Narragansett Bay are examined using an approach for characterizing and analyzing fine scale spatial and temporal data on human activities. Shipboard transect surveys of active water activities were conducted in the upper Bay on 50 days during the summer months of 2006-2007. The composition and configuration of different vessel types (recreational motor, recreational sail, row boat, commercial fishing, industrial, service, and official) were analyzed, and the impacts of proposed changes in land use policies and wastewater treatment technologies were investigated. Results indicated that recreational boaters comprised almost two-thirds of the upper Bay's users and used over one-half of the study area. Industrial activity was concentrated near Providence where RI's main port is located, and there was an active commercial fishery in the southern portion of the study area. Conditions like increasing cloud cover, weekend days, and the July 4th holiday were related to increased recreational use, while the closure of an upper Bay beach to swimming was associated with fewer commercial fishing vessels and more official boats, recreational motor boats, and service vessels. Findings indicated that upper Bay waters near land converted from industrial zones to zones where residential housing or marinas are encouraged are likely to see a change in composition of vessels, with fewer industrial and official boats and more recreational motor boats, row boats, and service vessels. Enhanced wastewater treatment technologies and the resulting improvements in water quality are likely to make more waters in the upper Bay available to shellfish harvesting, spreading out existing fishing grounds and potential pressures on the ecosystem and on other users. By characterizing the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of human uses in the marine environment and analyzing how these uses relate to the complex human and natural systems in which they are embedded, this study and others like it can positively contribute to marine spatial planning and management efforts designed to achieve ecological, economic, and social objectives. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.