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Theme 1: Social and economic aspects of ICZM Multifunctionality and Valuation
Valuation of competing functions, to optimize the societal use of coastal and marine resources.
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Theme 2: ICZM Participation and Implementation
Testing and improving methods to evaluate progress in the implementation of ICZM, including eGovernance.
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Theme 3: Coastal and marine spatial planning
Multiple-scale structuring of spatial coastal and marine planning and related decision-support systems for sustainable development.
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Theme 4: Pollution, prevention and mitigation
Development and application of emerging metholodogies for preventing, detecting and mitigating pollution and for identification of areas at risk.
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Theme 5: Long-term geomorphologic change and climate impacts.
Promoting development, demonstration & dissemination of new and emerging models & methodologies for prediction of long-term geo-morphological changes to coastal and estuarial systems, including the effects of climate change.
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Theme 6: Effect of development and use on eco-morphology and coastal habitats
Impact-assessment tools and environmental techniques for recovery of coastal habitats.
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Theme 7: Assessment of biodiversity change
Testing and improving an ecological valuation protocol for the coastal and marine environment.
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Theme 8: New sustainable coastal engineering techniques
Catalouging innovative coastal engineering techniques to solve practical coastal protection issues.
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Theme 9: Assessment of field observation techniques
New and emerging tools and practices for coastal and marine observation, with focus on remote sensinf and remotely controlled measuring devices.
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Theme 10:Capacity Building, Training and Education
Comparitive assessment of ICZM training and education programmes.
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