Posts by landsea-user
On our way to balance use of land-sea resources in the Southwestern Kurzeme coast (Latvia)
The demonstration case at the Southwestern Kurzeme coast of Latvia aims to support the sustainable development of coastal area by balancing the interests of renewable (wind) energy production at sea with the development of coastal tourism, preservation of landscape value and environmental quality. In 2020 Baltic Environmental Forum-Latvia experts had performed the biophysical mapping and…
Read MoreBlue Growth Checks: assessing essential components for a successful development of novel Blue Growth solutions
The aim of Group of Activieties 3.4 is to map the Blue Economy in the regions of the demonstration cases and assess the essential components for a successful development and take up of novel Blue Growth solutions. The output will analyse in how far the planned pilot actions can contribute to both, the implementation of…
Read More20 – 21 October, 2021 Training on land-sea interactions in spatial planning
Transnational training on land-sea interactions in spatial planning Summary from Training is available HERE Updated 1.12.2021. When: 20 October 2021 14:00–17:00 EEST ( 13:00 – 16:00 CEST) 21 October 2021 10:00–16:00 EEST ( 9:00 – 15:00 CEST) Where: Online, broadcasted from Tallinn, Estonia For whom: planners and policy makers in Baltic Sea Region and…
Read MoreMilitary heritage as part of Blue Growth
In the August of 1941 at the tip of the Juminda Peninsula one of the most devastating naval battles was held causing the lives of up to 25,000 people according to war historian Mati Õun. Couple of hundred ships and vessels retreating from Tallinn to Leningrad had to face 32 km of mines, bombardments from…
Read MoreHow does the Baltic Sea smell?
Joint activities to foster ecological tourism on the island Fehmarn (case study Germany) The island Fehmarn is a very popular holiday destination on the German Baltic Sea coast. The municipality counts over one million overnight stays per year, with an increasing tendency. The tourists are very welcome! However, with more tourists comes the question about…
Read MoreAccessing coastal visitor flow, public infrastructure and environmental pressures
One million people could relax on the coast of the Baltic Sea in the territory of Latvia at the same time – this calculation is based on mathematical estimation if 495 km of Latvian coastline would be occupied with 5-10 sq m per visitor. Although unrealistic in general, in many coastal places anthropogenic pressure is…
Read More1st International Expert Panel
During the challenging times worldwide caused by COVID-19 pandemic Land-Sea-Act project partners switched from in-person meetings to remote working mode on-line. During 3rd partner meeting on March 25th partners organized project’s first International Expert Panel. Aim of the first panel was to introduce invited experts with the concept of the International expert Panel established in…
Read MoreDeveloping scenarios with local schoolchildren
To evaluate the direction of our present decisions scenarios are used in planning Scenario is a tale of future in narrative and/or illustrative form. These are usually grossly exaggerated to illustrate the point better. Tallinn University researchers visited Kunda Gymnasium to gather youngsters’ input to explorative scenarios in January 2020. Pupils were given four scenario…
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