@article{ca91fcccd4ca49fa9ec2206804d71326,
title = "A global atlas of the environmental risk of marinas on water quality",
abstract = "Estimating the potential environmental risks of worldwide coastal recreational navigation on water quality is an important step towards designing a sustainable global market. This study proposes the creation of a global atlas of the environmental risk of marinas on water quality by applying the Marina Environmental Risk Assessment (MERA) procedure. Calculations integrate three main risk factors: Pressure, State and Response. Applying the MERA approach to 105 globally distributed marinas has confirmed the utility, versatility and adaptability of this procedure as a novel tool to compare the environmental risks within and among regions (i.e. for area-based management), to identify the world's best practices (i.e. to optimize existing management) and to understand and adjust global risks in future development (i.e. improved planning).",
keywords = "Environmental management, Global scale, Marinas, Recreational boating",
author = "Valdor, {Paloma F.} and G{\'o}mez, {Aina G.} and Juanes, {Jos{\'e} A.} and Camille Kerl{\'e}guer and Peter Steinberg and Edwina Tanner and Catriona MacLeod and Knights, {Antony M.} and Seitz, {Rochelle D.} and Laura Airoldi and Firth, {Louise B.} and Tasman Crowe and Eva Chatzinikolaou and Alison Smith and Christos Arvanitidis and Burt, {John A.} and Brooks, {Paul R.} and Massimo Ponti and Abilio Soares-Gomes and Aida Ovejero and Gonzalo M{\'e}ndez",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the World Harbour Project ( www.worldharbourproject.org ) and by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the 2014–2020 operational program of Cantabria (EYEPORT project, 2016/INN/039, INNOVA 2016). Authors would like to thank all the marina managers worldwide who provided their time to complete the forms to gather relevant information for this study. Thanks, is also extended to Dain Mc Parland who facilitated data collection among marine managers in the UAE and to Sheila Abad for her technical support on ArcGIS and Google Earth. Funding Information: Spatial data infrastructures (SDI) emerged in the last few decades as an approach to improve decision-making and resource management in terms of sustainable development (Strain et al., 2006). Spatial data are essential for this purpose since many of the critical problems that arise in dealing with pollution of aquatic systems are inherently spatial issues (Valdor et al., 2016). For that reason, intergovernmental institutions coordinate cooperation programs to exchange marine data and information through these data infrastructures (e.g., The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) that supports the programme ?International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange? (IODE)). Global implementation of MERA will provide relevant information to define global approaches to sustainability, through an observatory of marinas on water quality. MERA, as a valuable management tool to support decision-making processes, could be embedded in marine SDIs, marine Spatial data infrastructures, such as in the UN Atlas of the Oceans, developed under the authority of UN-Oceans, or in the IH-MSP, a platform which supports the Marine Spatial Planning (msp.ihcantabria.com).This work was supported by the World Harbour Project (www.worldharbourproject.org) and by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the 2014?2020 operational program of Cantabria (EYEPORT project, 2016/INN/039, INNOVA 2016). Authors would like to thank all the marina managers worldwide who provided their time to complete the forms to gather relevant information for this study. Thanks, is also extended to Dain Mc Parland who facilitated data collection among marine managers in the UAE and to Sheila Abad for her technical support on ArcGIS and Google Earth.",
year = "2019",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110661",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "149",
journal = "Marine Pollution Bulletin",
issn = "0025-326X",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
}