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'''CONSCIENCE''' stands for CONcepts and SCIENCE for coastal erosion management and is willing to serve as an operational structure for sustainable coastal erosion management. It is a research project under the EU’s 6th Framework Programme for Research (FP6). | '''CONSCIENCE''' stands for CONcepts and SCIENCE for coastal erosion management and is willing to serve as an operational structure for sustainable coastal erosion management. It is a research project under the EU’s 6th Framework Programme for Research (FP6). | ||
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:CONSCIENCE_eu_fp6.jpeg|thumb|300px|right|]] The strategic objective of the CONSCIENCE project is to develop and test concepts, guidelines and tools for the sustainable management of erosion along the European coastline, based on best available scientific knowledge and on existing practical experience. |
==The Objectives== | ==The Objectives== | ||
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In order to test the applicability of the management concepts and models, 6 test sites have been selected and represent the most common European coastal types. These are: | In order to test the applicability of the management concepts and models, 6 test sites have been selected and represent the most common European coastal types. These are: | ||
| − | *high-energy open coasts (Atlantic coasts) - ''Site | + | *high-energy open coasts (Atlantic coasts) - ''Site 6'' |
*medium-energy coasts (North Sea coasts, English Channel coasts) - ''Sites 1,5'' | *medium-energy coasts (North Sea coasts, English Channel coasts) - ''Sites 1,5'' | ||
*low-energy coasts (Mediterranean coasts, Baltic Sea coast, Black Sea coasts) - ''Sites 2,3,4'' | *low-energy coasts (Mediterranean coasts, Baltic Sea coast, Black Sea coasts) - ''Sites 2,3,4'' | ||
| − | [[Image:CONSCIENCE_Map.jpeg|thumb|650 px|right|Figure: The CONSCIENCE Pilot Sites.]] #Dutch Coast | + | [[Image:CONSCIENCE_Map.jpeg|thumb|650 px|right|Figure: The CONSCIENCE Pilot Sites.]] |
| − | #Hel peninsula, Gulf of Gdansk (Poland) | + | #[http://www.conscience-eu.net/dutch_coast/index.htm Dutch Coast] |
| − | #The black sea coastal zone of the Danube Delta (Romania) | + | #[http://www.conscience-eu.net/hel_peninsula/index.htm Hel peninsula, Gulf of Gdansk (Poland)] |
| − | #Costa Brava Bays, Mediterranean coast (Spain) | + | #[http://www.conscience-eu.net/black_sea/index.htm The black sea coastal zone of the Danube Delta (Romania)] |
| − | #Pevensey Bay, English Channel Coats (United Kingdom) | + | #[http://www.conscience-eu.net/costa_brava/index.htm Costa Brava Bays, Mediterranean coast (Spain)] |
| − | #Inch Berry (Kerry), Atlantic Coast (Ireland) | + | #[http://www.conscience-eu.net/pevensey_bay/index.htm Pevensey Bay, English Channel Coats (United Kingdom)] |
| + | #[http://www.conscience-eu.net/inch_beach/index.htm Inch Berry (Kerry), Atlantic Coast (Ireland)] | ||
Revision as of 16:58, 23 April 2009
This article briefly describes the CONSCIENCE project. This information is taken from the CONSCIENCE project website.
The Project
CONSCIENCE stands for CONcepts and SCIENCE for coastal erosion management and is willing to serve as an operational structure for sustainable coastal erosion management. It is a research project under the EU’s 6th Framework Programme for Research (FP6).
The strategic objective of the CONSCIENCE project is to develop and test concepts, guidelines and tools for the sustainable management of erosion along the European coastline, based on best available scientific knowledge and on existing practical experience.The Objectives
The project will provide a series of guidelines and tools to implement a sustainable management strategy for erosion, allowing coastal managers to decide for the the most sustainable method of managing erosion at any given location, to safeguard coastal resilience. Such documents will be scientifically validated and the methodology operationally feasible. All relevant documents and results will be widely disseminated. The specific gooals of the project are:
- To define a decision-making framework based on the concepts formulated by the EUROSION project (EC, 2004) as:
- To develop these concepts into measurable standards which can be evaluated in practice for any field situation
- To link these standards to ongoing European initiatives as GEO/GMES, the European Soil Startegy in preparation, The European Maritime Strategy and the Reccomendation on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM).
- To produce guidelines and tools to enable an effective implementation in European coastal management.
The Pilot Sites
In order to test the applicability of the management concepts and models, 6 test sites have been selected and represent the most common European coastal types. These are:
- high-energy open coasts (Atlantic coasts) - Site 6
- medium-energy coasts (North Sea coasts, English Channel coasts) - Sites 1,5
- low-energy coasts (Mediterranean coasts, Baltic Sea coast, Black Sea coasts) - Sites 2,3,4
File:CONSCIENCE Map.jpeg
Figure: The CONSCIENCE Pilot Sites.
