Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1-2025
Keywords
Salish Sea, Emerging issues, Community-based research, Participatory mapping, Place-based values
Abstract
We created maps that visualize place-based values, reveal community perceptions about how values interact with one another, and capture visions and testimonials about why this place is important to community members; data that can inform the non-spatial dimensions of marine planning (e.g., goals, management planning). We also emphasize small steps this study took to dismantle inequitable power dynamics associated with the design, creation, and interpretation of maps that often obscure Indigenous knowledge systems. This community-led approach can be replicated in other coastal communities within the Salish Sea to understand where and why people value the ocean and support marine spatial planning harmonization across diverse scales of governance and ecology. Overall, it is critical that both the means and the ends (i.e., the process and results) of marine planning processes effectively include community values so that both ocean and community health are meaningfully protected.
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
Salish Sea Institute
Recommended Citation
Beaty, F. (2025). Centering Community Values in Marine Planning. Emerging Issues in the Salish Sea, Issue 7, C.R. Elliser (Ed.). Salish Sea Institute, Western Washington University.
Type
Text
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
