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This report gives a short overview about the experiences of participation in coastal protection projects in Germany. The report gives no detailed description and evaluation of participation methods. In Germany, there exists a minor experience with participation in coastal protection projects. Much greater experience resulted from projects which are carried out in other fields e.g. environmental conflicts, enhancement of airport areas and so on. Only two examples exist where the process of participation had been started before a measure was applied Timmendorfer Strand / Scharbeutz and the Integrated Coastal Protection Management Plan of Schleswig-Holstein. The experience of these two projects shows that participation has a positive effect both on the process of the project and on the stakeholder.

The problem formulation of this quick scan is twofold: Is it possible to fully incorporate the citizens' perspective (for example in the form of experiential value) in a socio-economic evaluation? And does it serve a useful purpose? In this context, the concept of the citizen denotes the user of the (project) site, including neighbouring residents, other authorities, companies and interest groups. There are a variety of methods for incorporating the citizens' perspective into an impact assessment. We can make a distinction for instance between interactive incorporation or open plan process, or substantive incorporation, i.e. via a research-based evaluation. To address the problem formulation, a number of key economic evaluation methods will be highlighted first, before concentrating on the methods used to measure experiential value - a substantive approach to defining the citizens' perspective. Lastly, an attempt will be made to set out the practical aspects of the citizens' perspective in a socio-economic evaluation. Integrating the citizens' perspective as a credible component of a socioeconomic evaluation is both a feasible and meaningful activity. Examples include the Multi Criteria Analysis, which typically embraces experiential value as a credible component, or the Economic-Ecological-Emotional method, which plots out economic, ecological and social assessments. Ideally, impact assessments such as MCA or the Economic-Ecological-Emotional method should be carried out interactively in consultation with the general public. This not only strengthens the support base of the project in which the assessment is being conducted, but also the support base of the results of the assessment itself. Consequently, the local knowledge used in the impact assessment is safeguarded. The citizens' perspective can also be incorporated in an SCBA. There is however very little consensuses among experts as to whether this serves a practical purpose. Moreover, the feasibility of monetarising the citizens' perspective is a hotly contested issue in the 'battle of the methods'. In a nutshell, proponents believe that monetarisation is the only viable method for adding credibility to the citizens' perspective; provided it is measured properly and accurately. Opponents raise substantial methodological objections and also refute the usefulness, as they believe (among other things) that politicians themselves are responsible for incorporating the citizens' perspective.

This document has been produced to provide a tool to project managers to enable them to quickly assess whether or not participation is the right thing to do and the key Dos and Donts of participation. An example of a Community Engagement Plan in the UK is discribed.

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The wave overtopping simulator is a device which is able to simulate overtopping waves at the crest of a dike and at the inner slope. The device has been used in the ComCoast project to test a traditional dike section with grass and the SGR, the Smart Grass Reinforcement, placed in May 2006. This report describes in the first part (Chapters 1-6) the design, construction and calibration of the 1 m wide prototype of the wave overtopping simulator, as it was performed from May July 2006, under the ComCoast programme. This first part has also been reported as a final version 2.4 in November 2006. The second part continues with the actual construction and testing of the real wave overtopping simulator and the use of it during testing at the dike at Delfzijl, all under the ComCoast programme. Further, the measurements itself and analysis of velocity and flow depth during this testing has been described. Also the work of Bosman, as performed in this project as a MSc-thesis, has been summarised. This second part describes the period from November 2006 to August 2007.