Kira Gee

Biographic Data

ID3708219
NAMEKira Gee
GIVEN NAMESKira
FAMILY NAMEGee
SIGNATUREGEE K
AFFILIATIONSHelmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
ORCID0000-0002-7773-6070
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS9
WORKS AS AUTHOR15
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Exploring social justice in marine spatial planning

    Open AccessIgnė Stalmokaitė, Ralph Tafon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Environmental Planning…2025

    This article contributes to the increasing traction of social justice in marine spatial planning (MSP) by exploring perceptions and experiences of social justice from the viewpoint of planners and different social groups who were included and (self)excluded in MSP processes. The study builds on empirical material from Poland, Latvia, and Germany consisting of interviews, MSP legislation, and documents that were analysed through the lens of a mult…

  • Piloting a culturally significant areas framework for spatial planning and management in the coastal environment of South Africa

    Open AccessLoyiso V Dunga, Kerry Sink et al.ARTICLEMarine Policy2025

    The identification and mapping of culturally significant areas are key inputs to Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and the design and implementation of protected and conserved areas or other place-based management measures. Despite the recognised importance of coastal and marine cultural values, they are often missing from MSP processes and management measures, leading to mistrust, biased trade-offs, and inequitable management outcomes, undermining c…

  • Implementing the EU MSP Directive

    Open AccessJacek Zaucha, Kira Gee et al.ARTICLEMarine Policy2025

    This paper takes stock of the impact the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU has had on developing maritime spatial planning (MSP) practice in Europe. Drawing on the practical experience of 22 Member States, it analyses how countries with varying political, planning and regional contexts, as well as varying MSP experience prior to 2014, have chosen to implement the Directive and what lessons they have learned in the process. A key less…

  • Towards a strategy for offshore installations to enhance the environmental status of coastal seas

    Open AccessSabine Horn, Bela H Buck et al.ARTICLEMarine Policy2025

    In European coastal and shelf seas, concurrent and sometimes conflicting economic and conservation needs call for innovative spatial management approaches that take account of new use concepts. In highly degraded environments, large areas contemplated for offshore wind farm (OWF) development could be actively used for different ecosystem enhancement concepts such as habitat restoration or the establishment of artificial reefs as part of conventio…

  • Repoliticising the Coast

    Open AccessLuca Scheunpflug, Kira GeeARTICLEGeo Geography and Environment2025References: 28

    European coasts are contested spaces due to conflicting uses and impacts, prompting the introduction of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) and Marine Spatial Planning (MSP). These governance frameworks aim to promote cooperation, resolve conflicts and ensure socio‐ecological outcomes acceptable to multiple actors, even as large‐scale blue infrastructure projects increasingly transform maritime environments. However, these integrative gover…

  • A new maritime spatial plan for the German EEZ

    Open AccessKira Gee, Philipp Arndt et al.ARTICLEMarine Policy2024

    A new maritime spatial plan for the German EEZ has come into force in 2021, replacing the first plans for the North Sea and Baltic Sea dating back to 2009. This paper discusses key changes in the new plan, highlighting how it has adapted to changing circumstances and demands within the existing framework of spatial planning legislation . While the regulatory instruments available to MSP have remained unchanged, we find that the understanding of M…

  • Pathways towards integrated cross-border marine spatial planning (MSP)

    Open AccessJoseph Onwona Ansong, Heather Ritchie et al.ARTICLEEuropean Planning Studies2023

    Marine Spatial Planning is labelled as ‘an idea whose time has come’ based on its applicability to address spatial conflicts and deliver sustainable use. Legislation such as the EU MSP Directive 2014/89/EU and the UK Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 requires that neighbouring marine spatial plans are coherent and coordinated to address cross-border issues. However, the implementation of MSP in cross-border areas is complex due to different admi…

  • Challenges and Enablers to Integrate Land-Sea-Interactions in Cross-Border Marine and Coastal Planning

    Open AccessAndrea Morf, John Moodie et al.ARTICLEPlanning Practice and Research2022

    This paper analyses challenges and enablers for integrating a transboundary land-sea interaction (LSI) perspective into marine spatial planning (MSP) practice as experienced in the Baltic Sea Region. Collaborative research results from the Pan Baltic Scope project indicate that LSI remains an amorphous concept, particularly within a transboundary MSP context. Difficulty lies in bridging planning practices across land and sea and between varying u…

  • Namibia's way to Marine Spatial Planning – Using existing practices or instigating its own approach

    Open AccessGunnar Finke, Kira Gee et al.ARTICLEMarine Policy2020

    The territorial waters and EEZ of Namibia are part of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem in the South-East Atlantic. Growing demands and conflicts emerge although the area is not as intensely used as marine areas elsewhere. Namibia has chosen Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) as an integrated approach to facilitate sustainable ocean development and improved ocean governance. The paper explores the reality of the Namibian MSP process to date …

  • Governance as a framework to theorise and evaluate marine planning

    Open AccessTim Stojanovic, Kira GeeARTICLEMarine Policy2020

  • Marine spatial planning and Good Environmental Status

    Open AccessAlison J Gilbert, Karen A Alexander et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2015Cited by: 1

    Gilbert, A. J., K. Alexander, R. Sardá, R. Brazinskaite, C. Fischer, K. Gee, M. Jessopp, P. Kershaw, H. J. Los, D. March Morla, C. O’Mahony, M. Pihlajamäki, S. Rees, and R. Varjopuro. 2015. Marine spatial planning and Good Environmental Status: a perspective on spatial and temporal dimensions. Ecology and Society 20(1): 64. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06979-200164

  • Coping with persistent environmental problems

    Open AccessRiku Varjopuro, Eugeniusz Andrulewicz et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2014Cited by: 3

    Varjopuro, R., E. Andrulewicz, T. Blenckner, T. Dolch, A.-S. Heiskanen, M. Pihlajamäki, U. Steiner Brandt, M. Valman, K. Gee, T. Potts, and I. Psuty. 2014. Coping with persistent environmental problems: systemic delays in reducing eutrophication of the Baltic Sea. Ecology and Society 19(4): 48. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06938-190448

  • Establishing the Resilience of a Coastal-marine Social-ecological System to the Installation of Offshore Wind Farms

    Open AccessBenjamin Burkhard, Kira GeeARTICLEConservation Ecology2012Cited by: 1

    Burkhard, B., and K. Gee. 2012. Establishing the resilience of a coastal-marine social-ecological system to the installation of offshore wind farms. Ecology and Society 17(4): 32. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05207-170432

  • Offshore wind power development as affected by seascape values on the German North Sea coast

    Open AccessKira GeeARTICLELand Use Policy2010Cited by: 4References: 13

  • From State-Centered Decision-Making to Participatory Governance – Planning for Offshore Wind Farms and Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Northern Germany

    Antje Bruns, Kira GeeARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2009

    Rhetorically at least, environmental policy in the European Union has taken a shift towards more comprehensive, participative, and co-operative forms of governance. Examples are the 2002 Recommendation on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) and the 2000 Water Framework Directive (WFD) . Designed to resolve specific environmental problems, they also address the process of decision-making itself. In this paper we ask whether two current plann…