Ecological restoration of wetlands in Europe: Significance for implementing the Water FrameworkDirective in the Netherlands

Living with coastal erosion in Europe: Sediment and Space for Sustainability

This report “Living with coastal erosion in Europe: Sediment and Space for Sustainability” has been compiled in the framework of EUROSION, under a service contract commissioned in 2002 by the Directorate General Environment (European Commission). This followed a budget amendment by the European Parliament, which requested action to be taken on...

An assessment of the socio-economic cost & benefit of integrated Coastal Zone Management

The assessment concludes that the European Commission's support for the ICZM Demonstration Programme has helped raise understanding of the importance and value of coastal zones to the European Union. The net socio-economic benefits significantly exceed the ICZM expenditures involved; and this argues strongly for funding support for ICZM projects...

Lessons from the European commission's demonstration programme on integrated coastal zone management (ICZM)

The Demonstration Programme has yielded a wealth of technical information about ICZM mechanisms and solutions to specific problems faced in the coastal zone. However, as the purpose of the present document is to generate discussion concerning a possible strategy for promoting ICZM in Europe, only those lessons with policy implications are...

Op weg naar een Europese strategie voor het geïntegreerd beheer van kustgebieden (GBKG), algemene beginselen en beleidsopties

Beginselen voor Integrated Coastal Zone Management ten aanzien van het beheer van de Europese kusten, beleidsopties en strategieontwikkeling

Spatial planning in European coastal zones: Review of approaches in spatial planning, coastal policy and coastal defence