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An Operational Web-Based Indicator System for Integrated Coastal Zone Management

TitleAn Operational Web-Based Indicator System for Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsHansen, H, Fuglsang, M
JournalISPRS International Journal of Geo-InformationISPRS International Journal of Geo-InformationISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Volume3
Pagination326-344
ISBN Number2220-9964
Accession Numberdoi:10.3390/ijgi3010326
Keywordsclimate change, coastal zone management, GIS and oceanography, indicator systems, land-use modelling, sea-level rise, Web-GIS
Abstract

Coastal zones are under severe pressure from anthropogenic activities, as well as on-going climate change with associated sea level rise and increased storminess. These challenges call for integrated and forward looking solutions. The concept on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, as defined during the last twenty years, provides the overall policy frames, but tools to support the planning and management efforts are almost lacking. Furthermore, the forward-looking dimension to embrace the effects of climate change is nearly absent in most implementations. The BLAST project, financed by the European Union Regional Fund through the INTERREG IV North Sea Region Programme, aimed at developing a web-based decision support system to assist Integrated Coastal Zone Management from a climate change perspective, and the current paper describes the methods used and the computing platform for implementing a decision support system. The software applied in developing the system is mainly Open Source components, thus, facilitating a more widespread use of the system.

Alternate JournalISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information