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The implementation of marine spatial plans as required by the Directive on Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) of the European Union (EU) poses novel demands for the development of decision support tools (DST). One fundamental aspect is the need for tools to guide decisions about the allocation of human activities at sea in ways that are ecosystem-based and lead to sustainable use of resources. The MSP Directive was the main driver behind the development of spatial and non-spatial DSTs for the analysis of marine and coastal areas across European seas. In this research we develop an analytical framework designed by DST software developers and managers for the analysis of six DSTs supporting MSP in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. The framework compares the main conceptual, technical and practical aspects, by which these DSTs contribute to advancing the MSP knowledge base and identified future needs for the development of the tools. Results show that all of the studied DSTs include elements to support ecosystem-based management at different geographical scales (from national to macro-regional), relying on cumulative effects assessment and functionalities to facilitate communication at the science-policy interface. Based on our synthesis we propose a set of recommendations for knowledge exchange in relation to further DST developments, mechanisms for sharing experience among the user-developer community, and actions to increase the effectiveness of the DSTs in MSP processes.
Daniel Depellegrin; Henning Sten Hansen; Lise Schrøder; Lena Bergström; Giovanni Romagnoni; Jeroen Steenbeek; Magali Gonçalves; Gonçalo Carneiro; Linus Hammar; Jonas Pålsson; Jan Schmidtbauer Crona; Duncan Hume; Jonne Kotta; Mihhail Fetissov; Andžej Miloš; Joni Kaitaranta; Stefano Menegon. Current status, advancements and development needs of geospatial decision support tools for marine spatial planning in European seas. Ocean & Coastal Management 2021, 209, 105644 .
AMA StyleDaniel Depellegrin, Henning Sten Hansen, Lise Schrøder, Lena Bergström, Giovanni Romagnoni, Jeroen Steenbeek, Magali Gonçalves, Gonçalo Carneiro, Linus Hammar, Jonas Pålsson, Jan Schmidtbauer Crona, Duncan Hume, Jonne Kotta, Mihhail Fetissov, Andžej Miloš, Joni Kaitaranta, Stefano Menegon. Current status, advancements and development needs of geospatial decision support tools for marine spatial planning in European seas. Ocean & Coastal Management. 2021; 209 ():105644.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniel Depellegrin; Henning Sten Hansen; Lise Schrøder; Lena Bergström; Giovanni Romagnoni; Jeroen Steenbeek; Magali Gonçalves; Gonçalo Carneiro; Linus Hammar; Jonas Pålsson; Jan Schmidtbauer Crona; Duncan Hume; Jonne Kotta; Mihhail Fetissov; Andžej Miloš; Joni Kaitaranta; Stefano Menegon. 2021. "Current status, advancements and development needs of geospatial decision support tools for marine spatial planning in European seas." Ocean & Coastal Management 209, no. : 105644.
The North Sea basin is one of the busiest maritime areas globally with a considerable number of anthropogenic pressures impacting the functioning of the marine ecosystem. Due to growing EU ambitions for the deployment of large offshore wind farm projects (OWF), as part of the 2050 renewable energy roadmap, there is a key need for a holistic understanding of OWF potential impacts on the marine ecosystem. We propose a holistic Cumulative Effect Assessment methodology, applied using a geo-spatial open-source software, to assess impacts of OWF related pressures on selected seabed habitats, fish, seabird and mammal species. We take into account pressures specific to the three OWF development phases, spanning 1999–2050, for the entire North Sea basin. Our results underline 2022 as the peak year of cumulative impacts for the approved OWFs, followed by a considerable increase in potential impacts of the planned 212GWs, by 2050. The spatio-temporal analysis of the OWF environmental impacts presents the shift between highly impacted areas over the studied timeline and distinguishes between concentrated areas of high impacts (S–E of UK) and dispersed areas of high impacts (Germany). Our results can inform decision-makers and the OWF industry in a joint effort to mitigate the environmental impacts of future large OWF developments.
Laura Florentina Gușatu; Stefano Menegon; Daniel Depellegrin; Christian Zuidema; André Faaij; Claudia Yamu. Spatial and temporal analysis of cumulative environmental effects of offshore wind farms in the North Sea basin. Scientific Reports 2021, 11, 1 -18.
AMA StyleLaura Florentina Gușatu, Stefano Menegon, Daniel Depellegrin, Christian Zuidema, André Faaij, Claudia Yamu. Spatial and temporal analysis of cumulative environmental effects of offshore wind farms in the North Sea basin. Scientific Reports. 2021; 11 (1):1-18.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLaura Florentina Gușatu; Stefano Menegon; Daniel Depellegrin; Christian Zuidema; André Faaij; Claudia Yamu. 2021. "Spatial and temporal analysis of cumulative environmental effects of offshore wind farms in the North Sea basin." Scientific Reports 11, no. 1: 1-18.
Human pressures on marine ecosystems significantly increased during last decades. Among the intense anthropic activities, industrial fisheries have caused the alteration of habitats, the reduction of biodiversity and the main fish stocks. The aim of this research, carried out in the Adriatic Sea, was to test a repeatable Marine Spatial Planning framework aimed at enhancing fisheries sustainability through the application of Decision Support Tools and the composition of a catalog of possible measures. The use of these tools proved very useful to identify possible criticalities and facilitate an effective exchange with fisheries stakeholders, local authorities, and fishermen, whose involvement was an indispensable step in the process. Tool-based analyses allowed to assess the spatial footprint of a range of anthropogenic pressures from human activities (e.g., fisheries, maritime traffic, and aquaculture). Within this multi-pressure scenario, special attention was paid to fishing-related disturbances and potential conflicts across different fishing métier and with other sectors. Specifically, results highlighted the spatial features of the major fishing pressures (e.g., abrasion from trawling) affecting essential fish habitats, marine mammals and turtles in the study area. A portfolio of possible management measures is identified for the study area. It provides clear evidence that, in order to mitigate emerging conflicts and cumulative impacts, it is necessary to combine and integrate different types of measures: spatial measures modulated over time, monitoring and control, actions to fill knowledge gaps, concertation—involvement—co-management actions, improvement of governance systems, actions to support innovation in the sector, etc. Given the complex set of measures discussed, this work can provide a useful contribution to the management of fisheries both at local and regional level, fostering the transition to sustainable fisheries.
Giulio Farella; Anna Tassetti; Stefano Menegon; Martina Bocci; Carmen Ferrà; Fabio Grati; Amedeo Fadini; Otello Giovanardi; Gianna Fabi; Saša Raicevich; Andrea Barbanti. Ecosystem-Based MSP for Enhanced Fisheries Sustainability: An Example from the Northern Adriatic (Chioggia—Venice and Rovigo, Italy). Sustainability 2021, 13, 1211 .
AMA StyleGiulio Farella, Anna Tassetti, Stefano Menegon, Martina Bocci, Carmen Ferrà, Fabio Grati, Amedeo Fadini, Otello Giovanardi, Gianna Fabi, Saša Raicevich, Andrea Barbanti. Ecosystem-Based MSP for Enhanced Fisheries Sustainability: An Example from the Northern Adriatic (Chioggia—Venice and Rovigo, Italy). Sustainability. 2021; 13 (3):1211.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiulio Farella; Anna Tassetti; Stefano Menegon; Martina Bocci; Carmen Ferrà; Fabio Grati; Amedeo Fadini; Otello Giovanardi; Gianna Fabi; Saša Raicevich; Andrea Barbanti. 2021. "Ecosystem-Based MSP for Enhanced Fisheries Sustainability: An Example from the Northern Adriatic (Chioggia—Venice and Rovigo, Italy)." Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1211.
The spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) caused an unprecedented implementation of lockdown measures across world's nations. Veneto Region, located in North-Eastern Adriatic Sea was one of the first maritime regions in Italy and Europe subjected to progressive lockdown restrictions. We systematically analyse the effects of national lockdown policies on maritime settings of the region using Automated Identification System (AIS) data from fishing vessels, passenger ships, tanker and cargo vessels collected through the Aqua Alta Oceanographic Tower (AAOT). We derive consequences on vessel activities during the March–April 2020 lockdown, by using a data-driven, comparative spatio-temporal analysis of vessel trajectories. Results show that compared to the same period of 2017, vessel activity were reduced by 69% during the lockdown, fishing activities reduced by 84% and passenger traffic by 78%. We register a restart of fishing activity in the third week of April 2020. We suggest that the presented conceptual and spatial assessment protocol can guide future research on environmental and socio-economic effects of COVID-19 on marine realms and contribute to further interdisciplinary research with other marine scientific fields.
Daniel Depellegrin; Mauro Bastianini; Amedeo Fadini; Stefano Menegon. The effects of COVID-19 induced lockdown measures on maritime settings of a coastal region. Science of The Total Environment 2020, 740, 140123 -140123.
AMA StyleDaniel Depellegrin, Mauro Bastianini, Amedeo Fadini, Stefano Menegon. The effects of COVID-19 induced lockdown measures on maritime settings of a coastal region. Science of The Total Environment. 2020; 740 ():140123-140123.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniel Depellegrin; Mauro Bastianini; Amedeo Fadini; Stefano Menegon. 2020. "The effects of COVID-19 induced lockdown measures on maritime settings of a coastal region." Science of The Total Environment 740, no. : 140123-140123.
Coastal tourism is a growing industry sector in the Mediterranean Basin. This and the other human activities occurring along the coastline share space and resources, leading to conflicts for divergent uses. Moreover, the overexploitation of natural resources degrades and depletes coastal habitats, with negative feedback effects for all human activities. Hence, both tourism and the other human activities have to consider their dependence on coastal ecosystem services, and act at technical and policy level to reach a compromise that preserves natural resources in the long term. Here we provide a conceptual framework illustrating the complex relationships and trade-offs among threats from coastal tourism and from other human activities and coastal ecosystem services, with a focus on cultural ones. We discuss the negative feedbacks on tourism development and provide examples of geospatial analysis on cumulative threats generated by other human activities and affecting tourism itself. The proposed conceptual framework and the threat analysis aim at highlighting the negative feedback effects of human driven threats on the development of Mediterranean coastal tourism, through an ecosystem service perspective. Both tools provide valuable insight for supporting decision makers and planners in achieving integrated coastal management, with a focus on sustainable tourism.
Mita Drius; Lucia Bongiorni; Daniel DePellegrin; Stefano Menegon; Alessandra Pugnetti; Simon Stifter. Tackling challenges for Mediterranean sustainable coastal tourism: an ecosystem service perspective. 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleMita Drius, Lucia Bongiorni, Daniel DePellegrin, Stefano Menegon, Alessandra Pugnetti, Simon Stifter. Tackling challenges for Mediterranean sustainable coastal tourism: an ecosystem service perspective. . 2018; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMita Drius; Lucia Bongiorni; Daniel DePellegrin; Stefano Menegon; Alessandra Pugnetti; Simon Stifter. 2018. "Tackling challenges for Mediterranean sustainable coastal tourism: an ecosystem service perspective." , no. : 1.
Coastal tourism is a growing industry sector in the Mediterranean Basin. This and the other human activities occurring along the coastline share space and resources, leading to conflicts for divergent uses. Moreover, the overexploitation of natural resources degrades and depletes coastal habitats, with negative feedback effects for all human activities. Hence, both tourism and the other human activities have to consider their dependence on coastal ecosystem services, and act at technical and policy level to reach a compromise that preserves natural resources in the long term. Here we provide a conceptual framework illustrating the complex relationships and trade-offs among threats from coastal tourism and from other human activities and coastal ecosystem services, with a focus on cultural ones. We discuss the negative feedbacks on tourism development and provide examples of geospatial analysis on cumulative threats generated by other human activities and affecting tourism itself. The proposed conceptual framework and the threat analysis aim at highlighting the negative feedback effects of human driven threats on the development of Mediterranean coastal tourism, through an ecosystem service perspective. Both tools provide valuable insight for supporting decision makers and planners in achieving integrated coastal management, with a focus on sustainable tourism.
Mita Drius; Lucia Bongiorni; Daniel Depellegrin; Stefano Menegon; Alessandra Pugnetti; Simon Stifter. Tackling challenges for Mediterranean sustainable coastal tourism: An ecosystem service perspective. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 652, 1302 -1317.
AMA StyleMita Drius, Lucia Bongiorni, Daniel Depellegrin, Stefano Menegon, Alessandra Pugnetti, Simon Stifter. Tackling challenges for Mediterranean sustainable coastal tourism: An ecosystem service perspective. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 652 ():1302-1317.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMita Drius; Lucia Bongiorni; Daniel Depellegrin; Stefano Menegon; Alessandra Pugnetti; Simon Stifter. 2018. "Tackling challenges for Mediterranean sustainable coastal tourism: An ecosystem service perspective." Science of The Total Environment 652, no. : 1302-1317.
This paper presents the Tools4MSP software package, a Python-based Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for geospatial analysis in support of Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) and marine environmental management. The suite was initially developed within the ADRIPLAN data portal, that has been recently upgraded into the Tools4MSP Geoplatform (data.tools4msp.eu), an integrated web platform that supports MSP through the application of different tools, e.g., collaborative geospatial modelling of cumulative effects assessment (CEA) and marine use conflict (MUC) analysis. The package can be used as stand-alone library or as collaborative webtool, providing user-friendly interfaces appropriate to decision-makers, regional authorities, academics and MSP stakeholders. An effective MSP-oriented integrated system of web-based software, users and services is proposed. It includes four components: the Tools4MSP Geoplatform for interoperable and collaborative sharing of geospatial datasets and for MSP-oriented analysis, the Tools4MSP package as stand-alone library for advanced geospatial and statistical analysis, the desktop applications to simplify data curation and the third party data repositories for multidisciplinary and multilevel geospatial datasets integration. The paper presents an application example of the Tools4MSP GeoNode plugin and an example of Tools4MSP stand-alone library for CEA in the Adriatic Sea. The Tools4MSP and the developed software have been released as FOSS under the GPL 3 license and are currently under further development.
Stefano Menegon; Alessandro Sarretta; Daniel Depellegrin; Giulio Farella; Chiara Venier; Andrea Barbanti. Tools4MSP: an open source software package to support Maritime Spatial Planning. PeerJ Computer Science 2018, 4, e165 .
AMA StyleStefano Menegon, Alessandro Sarretta, Daniel Depellegrin, Giulio Farella, Chiara Venier, Andrea Barbanti. Tools4MSP: an open source software package to support Maritime Spatial Planning. PeerJ Computer Science. 2018; 4 ():e165.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefano Menegon; Alessandro Sarretta; Daniel Depellegrin; Giulio Farella; Chiara Venier; Andrea Barbanti. 2018. "Tools4MSP: an open source software package to support Maritime Spatial Planning." PeerJ Computer Science 4, no. : e165.
To solve conservation and planning challenges in the marine environment, researchers are increasingly developing geospatial tools to address impacts of anthropogenic activities on marine biodiversity. The paper presents a comprehensive set of built-in geospatial webtools to support Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) and environmental management objectives implemented into the Tools4MSP interoperable GeoPlatform. The webtools include cumulative effects assessment (CEA), maritime use conflict (MUC) analysis, MSFD pressure-driven CEA and a CEA-based marine ecosystem service threat analysis (MES-Threat). The tools are tested for the Northern Adriatic (NA) Sea, one of the most industrialized sea areas of Europe using a case study driven modelling strategy. Overall results show that coastal areas within 0–9 nm in the Gulf of Trieste, Grado-Marano and Venice lagoon and Po Delta outlet are subjected to intense cumulative effects and high sea use conflicts mainly from port activities, fishery, coastal and maritime tourism and maritime shipping. Linking MES into CEA provided novel information on locally threatened high MES supporting and provisioning habitats such Cymodocea beds and infralittoral fine sands, threats to cultural MES are most pronounced in coastal areas. Results are discussed for their geospatial relevance for regional planning, resource management and their applicability within MSP and environmental assessment.
Stefano Menegon; Daniel Depellegrin; Giulio Farella; Alessandro Sarretta; Chiara Venier; Andrea Barbanti. Addressing cumulative effects, maritime conflicts and ecosystem services threats through MSP-oriented geospatial webtools. Ocean & Coastal Management 2018, 163, 417 -436.
AMA StyleStefano Menegon, Daniel Depellegrin, Giulio Farella, Alessandro Sarretta, Chiara Venier, Andrea Barbanti. Addressing cumulative effects, maritime conflicts and ecosystem services threats through MSP-oriented geospatial webtools. Ocean & Coastal Management. 2018; 163 ():417-436.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefano Menegon; Daniel Depellegrin; Giulio Farella; Alessandro Sarretta; Chiara Venier; Andrea Barbanti. 2018. "Addressing cumulative effects, maritime conflicts and ecosystem services threats through MSP-oriented geospatial webtools." Ocean & Coastal Management 163, no. : 417-436.
The Adriatic and Ionian Region (AIR) is an important area for both strategic maritime development and biodiversity conservation in the European Union (EU). However, given that both EU and non‐EU countries border the sea, multiple legal and regulatory frameworks operate at different scales which can hinder the coordinated long‐term sustainable development of the region. Transboundary marine (or maritime) spatial planning can help overcome these challenges by building consensus on planning objectives and making the trade‐offs between biodiversity conservation and its influence on economically important sectors more explicit. We approach this challenge by developing and testing four spatial prioritization strategies, using the decision‐support tool Marxan, which meets targets for biodiversity conservation whilst minimizing impacts to users. We evaluate these strategies in terms of how priority areas shift under different scales of target‐setting (e.g. regional versus country‐level). We also examine the trade‐off between cost‐efficiency and how equally solutions represent countries and maritime industries (N = 14) operating in the region using the Protection Equality metric. We show that there are negligible differences in where priority conservation areas are located when we set targets for biodiversity at the regional versus country scale. Conversely, the prospective impacts on industries, when considered as costs to be minimized, are highly divergent across scenarios and bias the placement of protection towards industries located in isolation or with few other industries. We conclude by making several recommendations to underpin future MSP efforts in the region, including the identification of: 1) areas of national significance, 2) transboundary areas requiring cooperation between countries, and 3) areas where impacts on maritime industries require careful consideration of the trade‐off between biodiversity conservation and socio‐economic objectives.
Elena Gissi; Jennifer McGowan; Chiara Venier; Davide Di Carlo; Francesco Musco; Stefano Menegon; Peter Mackelworth; Tundi Agardy; Hugh Possingham. Addressing transboundary conservation challenges through marine spatial prioritization. 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleElena Gissi, Jennifer McGowan, Chiara Venier, Davide Di Carlo, Francesco Musco, Stefano Menegon, Peter Mackelworth, Tundi Agardy, Hugh Possingham. Addressing transboundary conservation challenges through marine spatial prioritization. . 2018; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElena Gissi; Jennifer McGowan; Chiara Venier; Davide Di Carlo; Francesco Musco; Stefano Menegon; Peter Mackelworth; Tundi Agardy; Hugh Possingham. 2018. "Addressing transboundary conservation challenges through marine spatial prioritization." , no. : 1.
The Adriatic and Ionian Region (AIR) is an important area for both strategic maritime development and biodiversity conservation in the European Union (EU). However, given that both EU and non‐EU countries border the sea, multiple legal and regulatory frameworks operate at different scales which can hinder the coordinated long‐term sustainable development of the region. Transboundary marine (or maritime) spatial planning can help overcome these challenges by building consensus on planning objectives and making the trade‐offs between biodiversity conservation and its influence on economically important sectors more explicit. We approach this challenge by developing and testing four spatial prioritization strategies, using the decision‐support tool Marxan, which meets targets for biodiversity conservation whilst minimizing impacts to users. We evaluate these strategies in terms of how priority areas shift under different scales of target‐setting (e.g. regional versus country‐level). We also examine the trade‐off between cost‐efficiency and how equally solutions represent countries and maritime industries (N = 14) operating in the region using the Protection Equality metric. We show that there are negligible differences in where priority conservation areas are located when we set targets for biodiversity at the regional versus country scale. Conversely, the prospective impacts on industries, when considered as costs to be minimized, are highly divergent across scenarios and bias the placement of protection towards industries located in isolation or with few other industries. We conclude by making several recommendations to underpin future MSP efforts in the region, including the identification of: 1) areas of national significance, 2) transboundary areas requiring cooperation between countries, and 3) areas where impacts on maritime industries require careful consideration of the trade‐off between biodiversity conservation and socio‐economic objectives. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved
Elena Gissi; Jennifer McGowan; Chiara Venier; Davide Di Carlo; Francesco Musco; Stefano Menegon; Peter Mackelworth; Tundi Agardy; Hugh Possingham. Addressing transboundary conservation challenges through marine spatial prioritization. Conservation Biology 2018, 32, 1107 -1117.
AMA StyleElena Gissi, Jennifer McGowan, Chiara Venier, Davide Di Carlo, Francesco Musco, Stefano Menegon, Peter Mackelworth, Tundi Agardy, Hugh Possingham. Addressing transboundary conservation challenges through marine spatial prioritization. Conservation Biology. 2018; 32 (5):1107-1117.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElena Gissi; Jennifer McGowan; Chiara Venier; Davide Di Carlo; Francesco Musco; Stefano Menegon; Peter Mackelworth; Tundi Agardy; Hugh Possingham. 2018. "Addressing transboundary conservation challenges through marine spatial prioritization." Conservation Biology 32, no. 5: 1107-1117.
This research presents a comprehensive Cumulative Effects Assessment (CEA) based on the Tools4MSP modelling framework tested for the Italian Adriatic Sea. The CEA incorporates five methodological advancements: (1) linear and non-linear ecosystem response to anthropogenic pressures/effects, (2) modelling of additive, dominant and antagonist stressor effects, (3) implementation of a convolution distance model for stressor dispersion modelling, (4) application of a CEA backsourcing (CEA-B) model to identify and quantify sources of anthropogenic pressures affecting environmental components, based on the convolution distance model and (5) a novel CEA impact chain visualization tool based on Sankey diagrams. Results from CEA in the Italian Adriatic Sea show that highest CEA scores are located in the Northern Adriatic Sea (Port of Trieste and Venice Lagoon inlets) while abrasion, marine litter and selective extraction are the most pronounced pressures within the 12 nm. Results from CEA-B application for two case studies evidence a clear distinction among local human impacts (trawling, small scale fishery) versus long-range diffusive human impacts (underwater noise and marine litter). Results were discussed for their geospatial outcomes, importance for transboundary effects assessment, conservation planning and future application potentials.
Stefano Menegon; Daniel Depellegrin; Giulio Farella; Elena Gissi; Michol Ghezzo; Alessandro Sarretta; Chiara Venier; Andrea Barbanti. A modelling framework for MSP-oriented cumulative effects assessment. Ecological Indicators 2018, 91, 171 -181.
AMA StyleStefano Menegon, Daniel Depellegrin, Giulio Farella, Elena Gissi, Michol Ghezzo, Alessandro Sarretta, Chiara Venier, Andrea Barbanti. A modelling framework for MSP-oriented cumulative effects assessment. Ecological Indicators. 2018; 91 ():171-181.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefano Menegon; Daniel Depellegrin; Giulio Farella; Elena Gissi; Michol Ghezzo; Alessandro Sarretta; Chiara Venier; Andrea Barbanti. 2018. "A modelling framework for MSP-oriented cumulative effects assessment." Ecological Indicators 91, no. : 171-181.
This research presents a set of multi-objective spatial tools for sea planning and environmental management in the Adriatic Sea Basin. The tools address four objectives: 1) assessment of cumulative impacts from anthropogenic sea uses on environmental components of marine areas; 2) analysis of sea use conflicts; 3) 3-D hydrodynamic modelling of nutrient dispersion (nitrogen and phosphorus) from riverine sources in the Adriatic Sea Basin and 4) marine ecosystem services capacity assessment from seabed habitats based on an ES matrix approach. Geospatial modelling results were illustrated, analysed and compared on country level and for three biogeographic subdivisions, Northern-Central-Southern Adriatic Sea. The paper discusses model results for their spatial implications, relevance for sea planning, limitations and concludes with an outlook towards the need for more integrated, multi-functional tools development for sea planning.
Daniel Depellegrin; Stefano Menegon; Giulio Farella; Michol Ghezzo; Elena Gissi; Alessandro Sarretta; Chiara Venier; Andrea Barbanti. Multi-objective spatial tools to inform maritime spatial planning in the Adriatic Sea. Science of The Total Environment 2017, 609, 1627 -1639.
AMA StyleDaniel Depellegrin, Stefano Menegon, Giulio Farella, Michol Ghezzo, Elena Gissi, Alessandro Sarretta, Chiara Venier, Andrea Barbanti. Multi-objective spatial tools to inform maritime spatial planning in the Adriatic Sea. Science of The Total Environment. 2017; 609 ():1627-1639.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniel Depellegrin; Stefano Menegon; Giulio Farella; Michol Ghezzo; Elena Gissi; Alessandro Sarretta; Chiara Venier; Andrea Barbanti. 2017. "Multi-objective spatial tools to inform maritime spatial planning in the Adriatic Sea." Science of The Total Environment 609, no. : 1627-1639.
Maritime spatial planning (MSP) is envisaged as a tool to apply an ecosystem-based approach to the marine and coastal realms, aiming at ensuring that the collective pressure of human activities is kept within acceptable limits. Cumulative impacts (CI) assessment can support science-based MSP, in order to understand the existing and potential impacts of human uses on the marine environment. A CI assessment includes several sources of uncertainty that can hinder the correct interpretation of its results if not explicitly incorporated in the decision-making process. This study proposes a three-level methodology to perform a general uncertainty analysis integrated with the CI assessment for MSP, applied to the Adriatic and Ionian Region (AIR). We describe the nature and level of uncertainty with the help of expert judgement and elicitation to include all of the possible sources of uncertainty related to the CI model with assumptions and gaps related to the case-based MSP process in the AIR. Next, we use the results to tailor the global uncertainty analysis to spatially describe the uncertainty distribution and variations of the CI scores dependent on the CI model factors. The results show the variability of the uncertainty in the AIR, with only limited portions robustly identified as the most or the least impacted areas under multiple model factors hypothesis. The results are discussed for the level and type of reliable information and insights they provide to decision-making. The most significant uncertainty factors are identified to facilitate the adaptive MSP process and to establish research priorities to fill knowledge gaps for subsequent planning cycles. The method aims to depict the potential CI effects, as well as the extent and spatial variation of the data and scientific uncertainty; therefore, this method constitutes a suitable tool to inform the potential establishment of the precautionary principle in MSP.
Elena Gissi; Stefano Menegon; Alessandro Sarretta; Federica Appiotti; Denis Maragno; Andrea Vianello; Daniel Depellegrin; Chiara Venier; Andrea Barbanti. Addressing uncertainty in modelling cumulative impacts within maritime spatial planning in the Adriatic and Ionian region. PLOS ONE 2017, 12, e0180501 .
AMA StyleElena Gissi, Stefano Menegon, Alessandro Sarretta, Federica Appiotti, Denis Maragno, Andrea Vianello, Daniel Depellegrin, Chiara Venier, Andrea Barbanti. Addressing uncertainty in modelling cumulative impacts within maritime spatial planning in the Adriatic and Ionian region. PLOS ONE. 2017; 12 (7):e0180501.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElena Gissi; Stefano Menegon; Alessandro Sarretta; Federica Appiotti; Denis Maragno; Andrea Vianello; Daniel Depellegrin; Chiara Venier; Andrea Barbanti. 2017. "Addressing uncertainty in modelling cumulative impacts within maritime spatial planning in the Adriatic and Ionian region." PLOS ONE 12, no. 7: e0180501.
The rapid growth and development in different fields related to sensors has, together with the huge increase of devices due to the decrease of device costs, led to a shift from traditional monitoring, where the data collected is not subject to any management actions, to sensor/processing networks, where in the life cycle more stages are devoted to make the data accessible. Data integration is the first step in advanced environmental monitoring, but assuring that heterogeneous systems can interoperate is still a challenge. The Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) initiative defines a framework to address this issue, offering a set of standard models and interfaces to improve sensor interoperability and to face quality issues in the reliability of sensors. The need for seamless access to observations from marine sensors has been the focus of several research projects. This chapter presents the actions taken in the development of the Spatial Data Infrastructure for project RITMARE to ease the adoption of SWE within the Italian marine community overcoming the main constraints in SWE adoption.
Alessandro Oggioni; Paolo Tagliolato; Cristiano Fugazza; Monica Pepe; Stefano Menegon; Fabio Pavesi; Paola Carrara. Interoperability in Marine Sensor Networks through SWE Services. Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies 2017, 200 -223.
AMA StyleAlessandro Oggioni, Paolo Tagliolato, Cristiano Fugazza, Monica Pepe, Stefano Menegon, Fabio Pavesi, Paola Carrara. Interoperability in Marine Sensor Networks through SWE Services. Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies. 2017; ():200-223.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandro Oggioni; Paolo Tagliolato; Cristiano Fugazza; Monica Pepe; Stefano Menegon; Fabio Pavesi; Paola Carrara. 2017. "Interoperability in Marine Sensor Networks through SWE Services." Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies , no. : 200-223.
EDI is a general purpose, template-driven metadata editor for creating XML-based descriptions. Originally aimed at defining rich and standard metadata for geospatial resources, It can be easily customised in order to comply with a broad range of schemata and domains.EDI creates HTML5 [9] metadata forms with advanced assisted editing capabilities and compiles them into XML files. The examples included in the distribution implement profiles of the ISO 19139 standard for geographic information [14], such as core INSPIRE metadata [10], as well as the OGC [8] standard for sensor description, SensorML [11].Templates (the blueprints for a specific metadata format) drive form behaviour by element data types and provide advanced features like codelists1 underlying combo boxes or autocompletion functionalities.Virtually, the editing of any metadata format can be supported by creating a specific template.EDI is stored on GitHub at https://github.com/SP7-Ritmare/EDI-NG_client and https://github.com/SP7-Ritmare/EDI-NG_server.
Fabio Pavesi; Anna Basoni; Cristiano Fugazza; Stefano Menegon; Alessandro Oggioni; Monica Pepe; Paolo Tagliolato; Paola Carrara. EDI – A Template-Driven Metadata Editor for Research Data. Journal of Open Research Software 2016, 4, 1 .
AMA StyleFabio Pavesi, Anna Basoni, Cristiano Fugazza, Stefano Menegon, Alessandro Oggioni, Monica Pepe, Paolo Tagliolato, Paola Carrara. EDI – A Template-Driven Metadata Editor for Research Data. Journal of Open Research Software. 2016; 4 (1):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabio Pavesi; Anna Basoni; Cristiano Fugazza; Stefano Menegon; Alessandro Oggioni; Monica Pepe; Paolo Tagliolato; Paola Carrara. 2016. "EDI – A Template-Driven Metadata Editor for Research Data." Journal of Open Research Software 4, no. 1: 1.
This paper describes an open source suite of libraries and tools to support research activities on marine and coastal environment. The suite was initially implemented for the ADRIPLAN portal, an integrated web platform aimed at supporting Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) activities and other activities concerning the managing of marine environment for the Adriatic-Ionian region. The main elements of the implemented solutions are: i) a GeoNode implementation for sharing geospatial datasets and maps; ii) a new python library (RectifiedGrid) that facilitates the work with geographical grid data; iii) a new python library (Tools4MSP) to perform spatial analysis and assessment of human uses, pressures and the potential impact of maritime and coastal activities on the environment; iv) a new GeoNode plugin (called GeoNode-Tools4MSP) that provides interactive widgets to set up the analyses and to visualize and explore the results. The Tools4MSP and the developed software have been released as FOSS under the GPL3 license and are currently under further development.
Stefano Menegon; Alessandro Sarretta; Andrea Barbanti; Elena Gissi; Chiara Venier. Open source tools to support Integrated Coastal Management and Maritime Spatial Planning. 2016, 1 .
AMA StyleStefano Menegon, Alessandro Sarretta, Andrea Barbanti, Elena Gissi, Chiara Venier. Open source tools to support Integrated Coastal Management and Maritime Spatial Planning. . 2016; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefano Menegon; Alessandro Sarretta; Andrea Barbanti; Elena Gissi; Chiara Venier. 2016. "Open source tools to support Integrated Coastal Management and Maritime Spatial Planning." , no. : 1.
This paper describes an open source suite of libraries and tools to support research activities on marine and coastal environment. The suite was initially implemented for the ADRIPLAN portal, an integrated web platform aimed at supporting Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) activities and other activities concerning the managing of marine environment for the Adriatic-Ionian region. The main elements of the implemented solutions are: i) a GeoNode implementation for sharing geospatial datasets and maps; ii) a new python library (RectifiedGrid) that facilitates the work with geographical grid data; iii) a new python library (Tools4MSP) to perform spatial analysis and assessment of human uses, pressures and the potential impact of maritime and coastal activities on the environment; iv) a new GeoNode plugin (called GeoNode-Tools4MSP) that provides interactive widgets to set up the analyses and to visualize and explore the results. The Tools4MSP and the developed software have been released as FOSS under the GPL3 license and are currently under further development.
Stefano Menegon; Alessandro Sarretta; Andrea Barbanti; Elena Gissi; Chiara Venier. Open source tools to support Integrated Coastal Management and Maritime Spatial Planning. 2016, 1 .
AMA StyleStefano Menegon, Alessandro Sarretta, Andrea Barbanti, Elena Gissi, Chiara Venier. Open source tools to support Integrated Coastal Management and Maritime Spatial Planning. . 2016; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefano Menegon; Alessandro Sarretta; Andrea Barbanti; Elena Gissi; Chiara Venier. 2016. "Open source tools to support Integrated Coastal Management and Maritime Spatial Planning." , no. : 1.
Cristiano Fugazza; Stefano Menegon; Monica Pepe; Alessandro Oggioni; Paola Carrara. The RITMARE Starter Kit - Bottom-up Capacity Building for Geospatial Data Providers. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends 2014, 169 -176.
AMA StyleCristiano Fugazza, Stefano Menegon, Monica Pepe, Alessandro Oggioni, Paola Carrara. The RITMARE Starter Kit - Bottom-up Capacity Building for Geospatial Data Providers. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends. 2014; ():169-176.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCristiano Fugazza; Stefano Menegon; Monica Pepe; Alessandro Oggioni; Paola Carrara. 2014. "The RITMARE Starter Kit - Bottom-up Capacity Building for Geospatial Data Providers." Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends , no. : 169-176.
Cristiano Fugazza; Anna Basoni; Stefano Menegon; Alessandro Oggioni; Fabio Aldo Carlo Pavesi; Monica Piera Livia Pepe; Alessandro Sarretta; Paola Carrara. RITMARE: Semantics-aware Harmonisation of Data in Italian Marine Research. Procedia Computer Science 2014, 33, 261 -265.
AMA StyleCristiano Fugazza, Anna Basoni, Stefano Menegon, Alessandro Oggioni, Fabio Aldo Carlo Pavesi, Monica Piera Livia Pepe, Alessandro Sarretta, Paola Carrara. RITMARE: Semantics-aware Harmonisation of Data in Italian Marine Research. Procedia Computer Science. 2014; 33 ():261-265.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCristiano Fugazza; Anna Basoni; Stefano Menegon; Alessandro Oggioni; Fabio Aldo Carlo Pavesi; Monica Piera Livia Pepe; Alessandro Sarretta; Paola Carrara. 2014. "RITMARE: Semantics-aware Harmonisation of Data in Italian Marine Research." Procedia Computer Science 33, no. : 261-265.
The paper presents the research carried out in the on-going 3DSolarWeb project to test and implement a complete pipeline for the generation of a solar cadastre of building roofs located in alpine areas. The project aims at providing reliable results in a costeffective way, using (low resolution) available data and new aerial imagery acquisitions as input. The environmental context is digitally represented using already existing low resolution LiDAR data (1–2 m resolution), while the urban area is modelled using high resolution aerial images (10–20 cm GSD) and photogrammetric DSM. Reliable models and algorithms for the estimation of the incoming sun radiance are then adopted and a WebGIS is set up for the interactive calculation of the photovoltaic (PV) potential in a raster-based form. The paper summarizes the entire pipeline and the results (Figure 1) achieved on the test areas to show the potentialities of the method and the web-based service.
F. Nex; F. Remondino; Giorgio Agugiaro; R. De Flippi; M. Poletti; C. Furlanello; Stefano Menegon; G. Dallago; S. Fontanari. 3D Solarweb: A solar cadaster in the Italian Alpine landscape. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 2013, XL-7/W2, 173 -178.
AMA StyleF. Nex, F. Remondino, Giorgio Agugiaro, R. De Flippi, M. Poletti, C. Furlanello, Stefano Menegon, G. Dallago, S. Fontanari. 3D Solarweb: A solar cadaster in the Italian Alpine landscape. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. 2013; XL-7/W2 ():173-178.
Chicago/Turabian StyleF. Nex; F. Remondino; Giorgio Agugiaro; R. De Flippi; M. Poletti; C. Furlanello; Stefano Menegon; G. Dallago; S. Fontanari. 2013. "3D Solarweb: A solar cadaster in the Italian Alpine landscape." The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XL-7/W2, no. : 173-178.