Prioritized area mapping for multiple stakeholders through geospatial modelling: A focus on marine plastics pollution in Hong Kong

• Published in: Ocean & coastal management Vol. 171; pp. 131 - 141
• Main Authors: Coleby, Alastor M., Grist, Eric P.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2019
• Subjects: China; coastal zone management; Ecological insecurity; Geostatistical interpolation; geostatistics; governance; Marine spatial planning; Modelling; planning; plastics; Plastics pollution; pollution; Prioritized Area Map (PAM); shipping; Shipping intensity; socioeconomics; Stakeholders; Uncertainty; wastes; China; Shipping intensity; Uncertainty; Ecological insecurity; Geostatistical interpolation; Prioritized Area Map (PAM); Modelling; Marine spatial planning; Plastics pollution; Stakeholders

Sources of plastics pollution, transport and deposition in Hong Kong are all subject to uncertainty and this characteristic must be mapped if stakeholders are to be made aware of their need for greater involvement in ongoing marine spatial planning and management. We employ geostatistical interpolat...