ComCoast - Combined Functions in Coastal Defence Zones
The ComCoast project worked on the future approach on safety against flooding around the North Sea. It aimed to achieve a more gradual transition zone from sea to land, creating benefits for the wider coastal community and environment, by combining safety and spatial use in the coastal defence zone. It investigated the following questions: 1) Where and when would this concept work well?, 2) Which costs and benefits are to distinguish and how to deal with socio-economic issues?, 3) Which technical aspects appear and how can they be solved? and 4) How to involve stakeholders and general public in developing this new approach?
Timing: The project was completed in 2007.
Funding: Interreg IIIB North Sea Region
TIDE library
reports
- EU Guidelines on the Implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives in Estuaries and Coastal Zones
- EU Estuaries and Coastal Zones within the Context of the Birds and Habitats Directives - Technical supporting document on their role as Natura 2000 sites and as waterways and location for ports
- Influence of the length of an estuary on tidal motion and sediment trapping - Schuttelaars, De Jonge & Chernetsky 2011
- Bericht über die Umsetzung des Integrierten Küstenzonenmanagements in Deutschland (Nationaler IKZM-Bericht)
- EU Commission Staff Working Document: Integrating biodiversity and nature protection into port development
publications
- Aubry & Elliott (2006). "The use of environmental integrative indicators to assess seabed disturbance in estuaries and coasts: Application to the Humber Estuary, UK". Marine Pollution Bulletin 53: 175-185.
- De Jonge et al. (2003). "The need for new paradigms in integrated socio-economic and ecological coastal policy making". Proceedings of 10th International Wadden Sea Symposium: 257-270.
- De Jonge (2007). "Toward the application of ecological concepts in EU coastal management". Marine Pollution Bulletin 55: 407-414.
- De Jonge (2009). "From a defensive to an integrated approach". In: "Water Policy in the Netherlands: Integrated Management in a Densely Populated Delta"; Ed. Reinhard & Folmer. Ch. 1: 17-45.
- Fisher et al. (2009). "Defining and classifying ecosystem services for decision making". Ecological Economics 68: 643-653.
- In Practice: Issue on Sediment (September 2010)
- Ducrotoy (2010). "Ecological restoration of tidal estuaries in North Western Europe: an adaptive strategy to multi-scale changes". Plankton Benthos Res 5 (Suppl.): 174–184
- Elliott et al. (2006). "Integrated marine management and administration for an island state - the case for a new Marine Agency for the UK". Marine Pollution Bulletin 52: 469-474.
links to relevant projects
EstProc - Estuary Processes Research Project
The aim of EstProc was to deliver research on hydrodynamic and sediment processes in estuaries and the interactions between biology and sediments. The main objectives were: 1) Improved understanding of Hydrodynamic Processes in estuaries, 2) Undertaking investigation into Sedimentary Processes in estuaries, and 3) Investigating interactions between Biological and Sedimentary Processes in estuaries.
Timing: The project was completed in 2004.
Funding: DEFRA/EA Flood and Coastal Defence R&D Programme of Fluvial, Estuarine and Coastal Processes
The aim of EstProc was to deliver research on hydrodynamic and sediment processes in estuaries and the interactions between biology and sediments. The main objectives were: 1) Improved understanding of Hydrodynamic Processes in estuaries, 2) Undertaking investigation into Sedimentary Processes in estuaries, and 3) Investigating interactions between Biological and Sedimentary Processes in estuaries.
Timing: The project was completed in 2004.
Funding: DEFRA/EA Flood and Coastal Defence R&D Programme of Fluvial, Estuarine and Coastal Processes
Harbasins - Harmonised River Basins Strategies North Sea
The aim of the HARBASINS project was to enhance the compatibility of management strategies and international cooperation for the North Sea's coastal waters, estuaries and river basins. The focus was on harmonisation of the EU Water Framework Directive and the international cooperation on integrated management of estuaries and coastal waters, ultimately leading to ecosystem restoration and compatible instruments which ensure sound environmental management of interconnected coastal zones.
Timing: The project was completed in 2008.
Funding: Interreg IIIB North Sea Region
The aim of the HARBASINS project was to enhance the compatibility of management strategies and international cooperation for the North Sea's coastal waters, estuaries and river basins. The focus was on harmonisation of the EU Water Framework Directive and the international cooperation on integrated management of estuaries and coastal waters, ultimately leading to ecosystem restoration and compatible instruments which ensure sound environmental management of interconnected coastal zones.
Timing: The project was completed in 2008.
Funding: Interreg IIIB North Sea Region
MR Mo ToWFO - Managed Realignment Moving Towards Water Framework Objectives
The aim of the project was to identify appropriate indicators and measures that ensure that managed realignments in estuaries do not go against the objectives of the WFD. Monitoring arrangements at existing managed realignment sites in Europe will be reviewed. In partnership with managers of realignments in estuaries, the project determined methods necessary to promote a good status of transitional waters. Furthermore, guidelines were developed and disseminated for experts creating and managing realignment.
Timing: The project was completed in 2009.
Funding: EU Life Programme
The aim of the project was to identify appropriate indicators and measures that ensure that managed realignments in estuaries do not go against the objectives of the WFD. Monitoring arrangements at existing managed realignment sites in Europe will be reviewed. In partnership with managers of realignments in estuaries, the project determined methods necessary to promote a good status of transitional waters. Furthermore, guidelines were developed and disseminated for experts creating and managing realignment.
Timing: The project was completed in 2009.
Funding: EU Life Programme
New! Delta - European Sediment Network
NEW! Delta’s overall aim was to strike a new balance between ports and nature, promoting the sustainable development of ports and port-related activities in North-West European estuaries and coasts, in balance with the protection of nature, particularly as embodied in the European Natura 2000 network. This overall aim was pursued through four specific objectives: 1) to contribute to a level playing field for competition by avoiding the uneven application of the Birds and Habitats Directives (BHD) across EU member states, 2) to offer practical guidance on dealing with Natura 2000, 3) to contribute to a European partner network in these fields, and 4) to promote information access and the transfer of information.
Timing: The project was completed in 2007
Funding: Interreg IIIB North-West Europe
NEW! Delta’s overall aim was to strike a new balance between ports and nature, promoting the sustainable development of ports and port-related activities in North-West European estuaries and coasts, in balance with the protection of nature, particularly as embodied in the European Natura 2000 network. This overall aim was pursued through four specific objectives: 1) to contribute to a level playing field for competition by avoiding the uneven application of the Birds and Habitats Directives (BHD) across EU member states, 2) to offer practical guidance on dealing with Natura 2000, 3) to contribute to a European partner network in these fields, and 4) to promote information access and the transfer of information.
Timing: The project was completed in 2007
Funding: Interreg IIIB North-West Europe
OMReG - The Online Managed Realignment Guide
OMReG is a collection point for coastal habitat creation projects, with focus on presenting lessons learned from those schemes which have made it through to implementation. Its objective is to be one of the leading information providers on coastal Managed Realignment and Regulated Tidal Exchange projects for the UK and Western Europe. The core of OMReG is an interactive database of completed projects which can be searched to find project details – how, when and where they were done, the habitats created and the drivers, constraints and lessons learned.
Funding: ABP Marine Environmental Research Limited
OMReG is a collection point for coastal habitat creation projects, with focus on presenting lessons learned from those schemes which have made it through to implementation. Its objective is to be one of the leading information providers on coastal Managed Realignment and Regulated Tidal Exchange projects for the UK and Western Europe. The core of OMReG is an interactive database of completed projects which can be searched to find project details – how, when and where they were done, the habitats created and the drivers, constraints and lessons learned.
Funding: ABP Marine Environmental Research Limited
Safecoast - Sustainable Coastal Risk Management in 2050
Safecoast’s aim was to learn from each other by discussing their different contexts and approaches to coastal flood and erosion risk management. Faced with climate change, and associated impacts on our coasts, it is important to analyse, compare and benchmark our methods and ideas, focusing on the question: ‘How to manage our North Sea coasts in 2050?’ In order to answer that question, a number of separate key questions need answering and are addressed in project Safecoast as follows: 1) What is the present context of coastal flood and erosion risk?, 2) How do we deal with problems now in terms of policy and management?, 3) What risk-related trends do we foresee by analysing scenarios for the future?, 4) What will be the trend of coastal flood and erosion risk in the future?, 5) Are current policies and measures sustainable with respect to the future?, and 6) What could be promising adaptive strategies for the future?
Timing: The project was completed in 2008.
Funding: Interreg IIIB North Sea Region
Safecoast’s aim was to learn from each other by discussing their different contexts and approaches to coastal flood and erosion risk management. Faced with climate change, and associated impacts on our coasts, it is important to analyse, compare and benchmark our methods and ideas, focusing on the question: ‘How to manage our North Sea coasts in 2050?’ In order to answer that question, a number of separate key questions need answering and are addressed in project Safecoast as follows: 1) What is the present context of coastal flood and erosion risk?, 2) How do we deal with problems now in terms of policy and management?, 3) What risk-related trends do we foresee by analysing scenarios for the future?, 4) What will be the trend of coastal flood and erosion risk in the future?, 5) Are current policies and measures sustainable with respect to the future?, and 6) What could be promising adaptive strategies for the future?
Timing: The project was completed in 2008.
Funding: Interreg IIIB North Sea Region
SedNet - European Sediment Network
SedNet is a European network aimed at incorporating sediment issues and knowledge into European strategies to support the achievement of a good environmental status and to develop new tools for sediment management. The focus is on all sediment quality and quantity issues on a river basin scale, ranging from freshwater to estuarine and marine sediments.
Timing: Original project completed but network ongoing
Funding: EU 5th RTD Framework Programme (FP5)
SedNet is a European network aimed at incorporating sediment issues and knowledge into European strategies to support the achievement of a good environmental status and to develop new tools for sediment management. The focus is on all sediment quality and quantity issues on a river basin scale, ranging from freshwater to estuarine and marine sediments.
Timing: Original project completed but network ongoing
Funding: EU 5th RTD Framework Programme (FP5)
SMOCS - Sustainable Management of Contaminated Sediments
In the SMOCS project, the problem of handling contaminated sediments in a sustainable way is addressed with the overall aim to support actions all around the Baltic Sea. The aim of the project is to provide support for dredging actions all around the Baltic Sea through the development of guidelines for management of contaminated sediments, including sustainability assessment practices and decision support regarding the handling alternatives as well as treatment technologies.
Funding: Interreg
In the SMOCS project, the problem of handling contaminated sediments in a sustainable way is addressed with the overall aim to support actions all around the Baltic Sea. The aim of the project is to provide support for dredging actions all around the Baltic Sea through the development of guidelines for management of contaminated sediments, including sustainability assessment practices and decision support regarding the handling alternatives as well as treatment technologies.
Funding: Interreg
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