Regulating the Sea
A Socio-Legal Analysis of English Marine Protected Areas

The book explores English marine protected areas regulation, linking the regulatory landscape to key theoretical themes in environmental social sciences.

Margherita Pieraccini (Author)

9781108843119, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 22 December 2022

200 pages
25 x 17.6 x 1.7 cm, 0.52 kg

This book is the first ever written on English marine conservation regulation from a socio-legal perspective. The monograph presents an in-depth analysis of key aspects of Marine Protected Areas regulation in England, offering the reader access to an under-investigated field. Such regulatory mapping is complemented by an interdisciplinary treatment of the subject exploring the relationship between people and marine parks through central themes in environmental social sciences and regulatory theory, namely space, rationalisation, democracy and adaptation. Thus, the book is of interest to environmental lawyers and regulatory scholars but also to human geographers, environmental sociologists and political scientists. As the book provides critical reflections on current legal and regulatory structures, it contains valuable insights for policymakers and regulators. The book has a strong methodological basis drawing on in-depth desk-based research, complemented by primary qualitative research, conducted over a number of years.

Introduction
1. The geography of regulation: MPAS, commons and commoning
2. Multi-level regulation of English MPAs: an introductory map. 3. Impact assessments for MPAs: the Costs of Cost-Benefit Analysis
4. Risk-Based Regulation: the Case of the Revised Approach to Fisheries in MPAs
5. Marine conservation zones designation: whose voices have been included?
6. Environmental democracy in MPAs management: the role of inshore fisheries conservation authorities and environmental NGOs
7. Climate change and MPAs network: adaptive governance in English marine conservation law
8. MPAs regulation in the context of regulatory uncertainty and change: reflections on Brexit.

Subject Areas: Social law [LNT], Environment law [LNKJ], Environment, transport & planning law [LNK], Environmental economics [KCN], Economics [KC]