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Abstract

Whilst the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 promotes the conservation and sustainable use of the seas, oceans and marine resources for sustainable development, decisions in ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) follow annoying and costly trade-offs and this may negatively impact its acceptance. To address conflicts and cumulative impacts and favor, as much as possible, interfering of marine activities, positive coordination and win-win options, it is necessary to develop integrated and cohesive planning approaches and new management tools. In this article, a conceptual framework of &ldquo

maritime cohesion&rdquo

is being developed mostly applicable to peopled and crowded seas and a set of relevant indicators to assess it, is proposed. It is based on the triple-model of interdependent components such as &ldquo

maritime spatial efficiency&rdquo

, &ldquo

maritime spatial quality&rdquo

and &ldquo

maritime spatial identity&rdquo

, taking into account the &ldquo

territorial cohesion&rdquo

equivalent, promoted by the Cohesion Policy. Then, in order to broadly analyze the &ldquo

spatial efficiency&rdquo

component, the &ldquo

multi-use&rdquo

concept and management tools, recently given particular emphasis by EU Blue Growth Strategy, are examined thoroughly, using the relevant literature. This article highlights constructive use of &ldquo

with the multi-use MSP paradigm as key part of &ldquo

narrative and posits that its huge and extensive potential can stimulate dynamic, collaborative, cohesive and assemblage thinking in the MSP process and be the &ldquo

spearhead&rdquo

to balance economic, social, environmental and cultural aspirations in maritime planning to achieve sustainability in the marine realm.

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