Samenvatting

The North Sea is one of the busiest seas. Many users are competing with each other for the limited space. It is likely to become even more crowded in the future. However, not much is yet known of the conflicts that play between these users. The objective of this graduation thesis was to explore the potential user conflicts on the southern part of the North Sea, determining the spatial conflicts between the human users of the southern North Sea for two time periods are. The countries that were studied were Belgium, England, Germany and the Netherlands. To answer the question, the current situation in the North Sea and that proposed in the period 2021-2030, the objectives of various stakeholders and the conflicts should be mapped.