Integrating the shoreline into spatial policies

Abstract

The Practical Guide “Integrating the shoreline into spatial policies” provides a synthesis of the results of MESSINA partners' activity devoted to the prototyping of Coastal Geographic Information Systems (GIS) on three coastal sites in Europe. It is intended to help local stakeholders and coastal engineers willing to implement a coastal GIS dedicated to shoreline management with a set of methodologies, tools, best solutions described with their context, cost and limitations. The Practical Guide Integrating the Shoreline into Spatial Policies, as part of the MESSINA Coastal Toolkit, contains the following main chapters: Section I – Introduction Section II – Recommendations for GIS technologies dedicated to Shoreline Management Section III – Guidelines for Coastal GIS integration Section IV – Experiences on implementing coastal GIS Section V – Conclusions Glossary of terms and abbreviations References