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Coastal Zones 2016
May 16-18, 2016
Volume 4, Issue 1(Suppl) Oceanography 2016
ISSN:2332-2632, OCN an open access journal
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May 16-18, 2016 Osaka, Japan
Coastal Zones International Conference on
Advancing Marine Spatial Planning across the Sydney Harbour, NSW, Australia
Elianny Licelotte Dominguez Tejo
University of New South Wales, Australia
Planning a sustainable future for sea-boundedmegacities will require rigorous evaluation of coastal management frameworks
and how they integrate human activities. The Marine Spatial Planning framework has been supporting integrated
management of marine resources; however, prior research shows implementation challenges in accounting for adjoining
land-use and catchment plans, and the need to deliver multidisciplinary planning approaches. The Sydney Harbour in New
South Wales, Australia, currently lacks an integrated approach environmental resource planning. This affects management of
estuarine and coastal resources, as enhanced understanding is needed on how environmental impacts affect social systems.
Hence, research into a prototype decision support system is underway to assist coastal councils analysing management
alternatives. The prototype builds on an existing support system to include a Bayesian Belief Network to model relationships
between planned management scenarios and key social, economic and environmental community values. Initial work included
a comprehensive review of six existing coastal management plans and 275 community surveys to gather information on
community demographics, environmental and socio-economic values, and perceptions of coastal threats. In-depth interviews
with government managers are planned to jointly develop management goals and operational objectives, design management
scenarios and to validate an initial model. Community-based validation will take place through local workshops. Research
outcomes are expected to support the comparison of alternative coastal management scenarios by assessing their influence
on community values. Such multi-criteria approach can anticipate outcomes of marine spatial planning process and provide
valuable insights into potential impacts from stakeholder trade-offs and environmental policies.
Biography
Ms Dominguez Tejo is an AUSAID awardee currently completing her PhD at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She obtained her Master of Science
degree with Distinction from Heriot-Watt University (United Kingdom) as a recepient of the Cheevening Scholarship Award. She also holds the degree of Master of
Business Administration from PUCAMAIMA University (Dominican Republic). She worked 8 years as Marine Program Manager for The Nature Conservancy, an
international non-governmental organization. She has published several publications on marine consevation issues and two books related to the conservation of
Humpback Whales and a proposed Marine Zoning Plan for Samana Bay, Dominican Republic.
Elianny Licelotte Dominguez Tejo, Oceanography 2016, 4:1(Suppl)