@article {510,
	title = {Zoning Marine Protected Areas through Spatial Multiple-Criteria Analysis : the cas of the Asinara Island National Marine Reserve of Italy},
	journal = {Conservation Biology},
	volume = {16},
	year = {2002},
	abstract = {<p>As the role of marine protected areas as conservation tools become  better understood and more sophisticated, their planning becomes more  complicated. Systematic, objective approaches to site selection and  design can help reconcile conflictong interests, represent stakeholders{\textquoteright}  viewpoints fairly and evenly, and criteria analysis for determinig the  suitability of marine areas for different uses an levels of protection.  This technique couples geographic information systems (GIS) for land  assessment and evaluation with a formal statement of the disgn  priorities as seen from the different viewpoints of all involved  stakeholders. The planning process, while staying focused on the main  purposes of conservation and feasibility, involves all the main interest  groups in the definition of priorities so that conflicts and tensions  are kelp under control. We used multiple-criteria analysis to integrate  objective data with the contrasting priorities of different stakeholders  in the planning of a marine protected area. The results of the analysis  can be used to define an optimal spatial arrangement  of different  protection levels. As a case study, we developed a zoning plan for one  of the first marine protected areas in Italy, the Asinara Island  National Marine Reserve.</p>},
	keywords = {Asinara, assessment, conflict, conservation, criteria analysis, design, evaluation, GIS, island, Italy, management, marine protected area, marine reserve, Mediterranean sea, planning, protected area, protection, r{\^o}le, selection, stakeholders, western Mediterranean, zoning, zoning plan},
	author = {F. Villa and T. Agardy and L. Tunesi}
}
