Is Marine Multi-Use (MU) worth it? The objective of the economic assessment, of UNITED pilots, was:
- to determine whether the concept of MU colocations is currently or potentially worthwhile to consider in the future.
- to investigate the added value for existing marine uses to profit from the combination of activities in a MU setting and if and how touristic opportunities could be promoted and upscaled.
When assessing the viability of marine MU options, one needs to evaluate the trade-offs associated with each option against their potential single-use alternatives. Special attention needs to be paid to the consideration of all significant relevant impacts, including those that affect other marine users (the so called in economics externalities) and that may be of a positive, such as marine habitat creation, or a negative character, such as restricting access to other marine uses.
