Circles of coastal sustainability and emerald growth perspectives for transitional waters under human stress

Povilanskas, Ramūnas; Jurkienė, Aistė; Dailidienė, Inga; Ernšteins, Raimonds; Newton, Alice; Leyva Ollivier, María Esther

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Circles of coastal sustainability and emerald growth perspectives for transitional waters under human stress

2024-03Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Povilanskas, Ramūnas
dc.contributor.author	Jurkienė, Aistė
dc.contributor.author	Dailidienė, Inga
dc.contributor.author	Ernšteins, Raimonds
dc.contributor.author	Newton, Alice
dc.contributor.author	Leyva Ollivier, María Esther
dc.date.accessioned	2024-05-02T12:20:09Z
dc.date.available	2024-05-02T12:20:09Z
dc.date.issued	2024-03
dc.description.abstract	Emerald Growth is an overarching sustainable development framework for transitional waters situated between rivers and open sea. The emphasis on connectivity and ecosystem-based management as the underlying principles differentiates Emerald Growth from conventional approaches to managing transitional waters. The study's primary objective was to conjoin the Emerald Growth concept with the Coastal Circles of Sustainability methodology, an analytical framework to assess indicators of critical processes determining the sustainability of the coastal zone. We hypothesized that applying the CCS is an apt approach to categorizing the Emerald Growth's aspects using Lake Liepaja, a fresh-to-brackish water lagoon on Latvia's Baltic Sea coast, as a case study. Based on the document scoping findings on Lake Liepaja's hydrology, ecology, biodiversity, nature conservation, and management, we addressed the knowledge gaps through the field survey, 4 workshops, and 18 in-depth semi-structured interviews with local stakeholders. The research results show that the challenging socio-economic situation is a crucial obstacle to Emerald Growth in the Lake Liepaja area. Subsistence salary and Housing affordability (Economic Welfare aspect), Population growth and Aging population (Demographic aspect), and Traditional practices (Identity aspect) received the lowest sustainability score (Bad). The results imply that considering the Emerald Growth conditions and drivers for transitional waters worldwide, finding a 'one-fits-all' recipe to ensure their sustainability is impossible. The decision-makers, stakeholders, and external experts agreed that for Lake Liepaja, the priority was to bring back to nature part of the polder system, clean the bottom sediments from Soviet-era pollutants, and enhance the transboundary cooperation with Lithuania. These measures would set the right conditions for future Emerald Growth in the area.	pt_PT
dc.description.version	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.3390/su16062544	pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn	2071-1050
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/20692
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	MDPI	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Baltic Sea	pt_PT
dc.subject	Circles of coastal sustainability	pt_PT
dc.subject	Coastal lagoons	pt_PT
dc.subject	Emerald growth	pt_PT
dc.subject	Transitional waters	pt_PT
dc.title	Circles of coastal sustainability and emerald growth perspectives for transitional waters under human stress	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.issue	6	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	2544	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Sustainability	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	16	pt_PT
person.familyName	Newton
person.familyName	Leyva Ollivier
person.givenName	Alice
person.givenName	María Esther
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rcaap.type	article	pt_PT
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