The European Parliament, in its resolution on a European ports policy (2008/2007 INI), has stated “marinas are not only a showcase for their hinterland, and a powerful tool for promoting the exploitation of the port and its environs, but also an essential supply service for local businesses” (paragraph 46). Likewise, harmonious development of ports and their mutual cooperation benefit regional development provided that ports are both interconnected and connected to land and air transportation networks. Such connection and interconnection are necessary prerequisites to ensure that marinas are more than just self-contained landmarks and tourist attractions with purely local benefits. This brings up an issue of scale: to maximise their regional potential and contribution, marinas should to be regarded as nodes of networks that must be planned and managed at the regional level, the most appropriate for re-organising existing transport networks or localising new marinas. Effective regional planning and management requires precise and up-to-date information, not only concerning each marina’s intrinsic characteristics (e.g. ports type, dimensions, berth supply, facilities), but primarily defining their relative positioning and location within wider networks including distance from the nearest city or from other transport nodes, time travel to the closest airport, or types of services available within a given distance. The collection of such information, both spatial and non spatial, is challenging for planners, as it is not available readily in a single document. Rather, various sources are needed allowing the collation of ready-to-use data or building new layers of knowledge. Different sources are not always readily compatible, as they often represent a single object in different – sometimes conflicting - ways, which may cause improper integration. This paper, proposes the “domain ontology” concept as a possible means to reconcile this planning data, as a mechanism to map different kinds of meanings related to place connectivity, and hence solving the issue of generating effective information to help make marinas drivers of regional development, by looking at a specific case-study, the island of Sardinia (Italy).
Using domain ontologies to support spatial planning: a case-study from Sardinia.
LAI, SABRINA
2012-01-01
Abstract
The European Parliament, in its resolution on a European ports policy (2008/2007 INI), has stated “marinas are not only a showcase for their hinterland, and a powerful tool for promoting the exploitation of the port and its environs, but also an essential supply service for local businesses” (paragraph 46). Likewise, harmonious development of ports and their mutual cooperation benefit regional development provided that ports are both interconnected and connected to land and air transportation networks. Such connection and interconnection are necessary prerequisites to ensure that marinas are more than just self-contained landmarks and tourist attractions with purely local benefits. This brings up an issue of scale: to maximise their regional potential and contribution, marinas should to be regarded as nodes of networks that must be planned and managed at the regional level, the most appropriate for re-organising existing transport networks or localising new marinas. Effective regional planning and management requires precise and up-to-date information, not only concerning each marina’s intrinsic characteristics (e.g. ports type, dimensions, berth supply, facilities), but primarily defining their relative positioning and location within wider networks including distance from the nearest city or from other transport nodes, time travel to the closest airport, or types of services available within a given distance. The collection of such information, both spatial and non spatial, is challenging for planners, as it is not available readily in a single document. Rather, various sources are needed allowing the collation of ready-to-use data or building new layers of knowledge. Different sources are not always readily compatible, as they often represent a single object in different – sometimes conflicting - ways, which may cause improper integration. This paper, proposes the “domain ontology” concept as a possible means to reconcile this planning data, as a mechanism to map different kinds of meanings related to place connectivity, and hence solving the issue of generating effective information to help make marinas drivers of regional development, by looking at a specific case-study, the island of Sardinia (Italy).
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