1. THE SHIFTING SEA Lively Space, Immersed Planning
Stephen Jay
Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
These are the headlines of the presentation given at the Oceanext Conference 2016.
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2. I. Emergence of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP)
Drivers for MSP
Definition
Examples
European Union Directive
International uptake
Rationalist basis

3. II. The Sea as Lively Space
Sea is not land, space is not area
Planners’ uptake: soft space
Marine space as lively space
Developing an analytical framework for lively space

4. III. An Empirical Study
BaltSeaPlan Vision 2020
Flexing
Teeming
Connecting
Integrating
Re-configuring
Anticipating
Lively space needs immersed planing