Technical tools for the analysis of the coastal zone:

Beachmed-e Conference Component 3 Phase C Technical tools for the analysis of the coastal zone: Interaction between urban development and areas which are morphologically sensitive with regard to erosion and storm risk Montpellier November 30th 2007

1. Organisation and Partnership:Regional Framework Operations (RFO) 1. ARPA Emilia Romagna 2. Università di Ferrara Dip. Scienze della Terra 3. Università di Bologna DISTART 4. Università di Bologna Dip. Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale 5. Provincia di Pisa 6. Università di Firenze Dip. Ingegneria Civile 7. Università di Firenze Dip. Scienze della Terra 8. Comune di Follonica 9. Provincia di Massa Carrara 10.Provincia di Livorno 11.IBIMET-CNR (Istituto di Biometria) 12.Università di Roma La Sapienza Dip. Scienze della Terra 13.Università di Roma La Sapienza Dip. Biologia Animale e dell'uomo 14.ICRAM Roma 15.Litorale SPA 16.Registro Italiano Dighe 17.Università della Tuscia Dip. Di Ecologia e Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile 18.Università degli Studi di Genova DIP.TER.IS. 19.Università degli Studi di Genova Facoltà di Architettura Dipartimento Polis 20.ICCOPS Landscape Natural and Cultural Heritage 21.ARPAL-Liguria 22.EID Méditerranée 23.Université de Montpellier ISTEEM 24.Université de Perpignan BDSI 25.Université de Montpellier 1 CEP/LASER 26.BRL 27.Université de Perpignan LEGEM 28.Instituto de Ciencias del Mar 29.Universitat de Barcelona 30.Consorcio El Far 31.Laboratoire de l' Hydraulique et des Travaux Hydrauliques 32.Université Democritus de Thrace 33.Chambre Technique de Grèce Section Regionale de Thrace 34.Fondation Nationale de Recherche Agricole Institut de Recherche Halieutique 35.Insitute des Mathématiques Appliquées (IACM) 36.Organisme pour le Développement d'est Créte (OANAK) Partnership Operation BEACHMED-e 7.6 Million The system allows a cluster-effect (36 Institutes engaged from 8 European Regions of 4 European Nations facing the Mediterranean sea) 2.Liguria 5.Hérault Veneto 4.Emilia Romagna 6.DRELR 7.Catalunya 3.Toscana Marche 1.Lazio 9.Macedonia Est (Capo Fila) Tracia Valencia Marocco Tunisia 8.Kriti

2. Challenges and Purposes: Main Features and Purposes Main BEACHMED features: 1. Focused on Coastal Risk problems 2. Strictly based on a Europe s Regions Partnership 3. Extended to the Mediterranean s Coasts 4. Skilled for a Permanent activity

COASTAL DEFENCE : the current total value of economic assets located within 500 metres of the EU's coastline,, is 500 to 1,000 billion. (European Commission puts spotlight on coastal erosion June 2007) E.U. Mediterranean coast: Total Lenght Beaches (Eurosion) Cyprus; 44; 0% Malta; 7; 0% Greece; 6.203; 52% Italy; 3.592; 31% Slovenia; 46; 0% France; 659; 6% Spain; 1.235; 11% E.U. Mediterranean coast lenght 27.000 Km total coast lenght 11.700 Km beaches (41%)

COASTAL DEFENCE : Public expenditures to fight erosion are increasing. In 2001, they amounted to an estimated 3.2 billion. (European Commission puts spotlight on coastal erosion June 2007) E.U. Mediterranean beaches: total lenght and beaches affected by erosion 7.000 (EUROSION) Km 6.000 5.000 4.000 3.000 2.000 1.000 0 3.592 1.596 Italy 1.237 659 690 270 France Spain 6.203 1.650 Greece 4425 7 0 131 Cyprus E.U. Mediterranean coast lenght E.U. Mediterranean beaches (EUROSION) Malta still 56% Slovenia erosion 36% deposit 8% 27.000 Km total coast lenght 11.700 Km beaches (41%) 4.200 Km beaches in erosion (36%)

2. Challenges and Purposes: Key Actions from EUROSION Technical Tools for the analysis of the erosive phenomenon Technical tools for the analysis of the coastal zone Administrative Tools Composante 2 Project and implementation of technical tools required for the characterization of the erosive phenomenon on a Mediterranean scale and for sustainable development of resources. Measure 2.1 : Measure 2.1 : Erosion Erosion Monitoring: Monitoring: Measure 2.2 : Climate and Erosion: Measure 2.3 : Sandy Deposit Research Measure 2.4 :Sustainable Exploitation Composante 3 Project and implementation of technical tools for a sustainable urban development in areas which are morphologically sensitive in relationship to erosion and storm risk Measure 3.1: The Coastal Zone Measure 3.2: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Measure 3.3: Sedimentary Cycle: Measure 2.4: Natural Defense Systems Composante 4 Administrative tools for definition, regulation and management of coastal protection rules. Measure 4.1: Regulation and Organization Aspects Measure 2.1 : Erosion Measure 2.2 : Climate Measure2.3 Monitoring: and Erosion: 2.4 ::Sustainable Sandy Deposit Research Assessment, monitoring Exploitation and coastal wave movement forecast (relationship between Quantitative recorded monitoring erosive of erosive phenomena phenomenon and medium on wave a regional climates, and local interaction scale between (evaluation coastal of coastal wave parameters, climates and systematic different types recording of seabeds of shoreline with using and satellite Sandy technology, Deposit Dredging Research: and beach shrinking shorelines Natural nourishment sand without vegetation, definition of as a result resources environmental fundamental of beach the and nourishment continental compatibility essential projects, shelf (identification shoreline (estimate of environmentally parameters...) monitoring, potential, profiles exploitation sensitive and sand systems, components, prisms cost assessment...) definition of protected zones, effects of using innovative impact technology) studies...) Measure 3.1: 3.2: The Integrated Coastal Measure Measure 2.4: 3.3: Natural Coastal Zone Management Recovery of coastal area and its territorial Setting Sedimentary up of Defense operational strategic Systems Cycle studies for and urban management (risk evaluation, beach Management maintenance of sand reconstruction deposits collected (ICZM) by socio-economic Potential considerations for costal protection in the provided choice by (report infrastructure on coast along evolution, the coast socio-environmental and recovery of of intervention Posidonia prioritization and dunes or (methodology with regards to for the sediment and land transport analysis, flowing coastal from integrated riverbeds constraints, mapping naturalization and identification processes, of seed long plant management (estimate of scenario affected proposals, volumes, proposal options and for term scenarios grasslands, for methods the rise of for marine artificial tidal replanting a management methodologies master for the plan, reuse development of partially of and recovery datum levels...) of seed plant grasslands, precise contaminated intervention material, programs, management beach economic of naturalisation or reconstruction methods for deposits value found and in intervention artificial reserves, costs..) protection dune systems including scenarios occurring of compatible soil, monitoring and control within an infrastructure...) methods for the sedimentary cycle...) Measure 4.1: Regulation and Organization Aspects Define European Regulations for the exploitation of underwater deposits and beach nourishment processes, Study aimed at promoting a European Observatory for the Defense of Mediterranean Coasts (protection and recovery

Regione Lazio Italie Area Difesa del Suolo Osservatorio dei Litorali 2. Challenges and Purposes: Key Actions from EUROSION Measure 2.1 : Erosion Monitoring Measure 3.1: The Coastal Zone Measure 2.2 : Climate and Erosion Measure 2.3 : Sandy Deposit Research Measure 2.4 :Sustainable Exploitation Measure 3.2: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Measure 3.3: Sedimentary Cycle Measure 2.4: Natural Defense Systems Measure 4.1: Regulation and Organizational Aspects COMPONENT 2 COMPONENT 3 COMP.4

Regione Lazio Italie Area Difesa del Suolo Osservatorio dei Litorali 2. Challenges and Purposes: Key Actions from EUROSION Phase A : State of the Art Phase B : Methodologies Phase C : Applications

4. Main Issues and Benefits: Some Examples Methods to quantify the needs of sand for a regional policy of beach renourishment Lidar System

4. Main Issues and Benefits: Some Examples 2.3 New sand quarries found and characterised along the European platform

4. Main Issues and Benefits: Some Examples ROV survey Sampling on extracting area Changes in fish population b/a work Dredging time Analysis The new protocol ENV1 for environmental assessment of dredging and nourishment activities.

4. Main Issues and Benefits: Some Examples A new role for coastal Administrations in risk prevention and coastal development Monitoring activities (35 interviewed administrations) 7% 4% working wanted unintersting missing data 41% Signed the Charta of Bologna during Beachmed activities. An agreement between European Regions for a Mediterranean Observatory 48%

4. Main Issues and Benefits: Some Examples November 13th 2007: ARC LATIN signs the Charta of Bologna

NEWS FROM COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS U.S.A.C.E. It has been signed the letter of understanding between Region Lazio and USACE that has the objective to share the experience matured in the field of coastal engineering with the participants to the BEACHMED-e Operation. Ing. Paolo Lupino has been invited from the USACE to introduce the BEACHMED-e Operation during the Fact Finding Meeting organized in Den Haag (Holland) on June the 23rd.

NEWS FROM COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS PAP/RAC MALTA July 2 nd & 3 rd - The Regional Workshop to Discuss and Adopt the Good Practices Guidelines on Beach Management in the Mediterranean organized by PAP/RAC. A draft set of beach management guidelines has been developed and presented. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING - The results of the BEACHMED-e project will be integrated into the final document, currently in progress by taking into account the workshop contributions. This sharing come from the agreement signed between PAP/RAC and BEACHMED-e Operation (Memorandum of Understanding) BEACHMED-e Genova Conference is one of the events foreseen by the Coast-Day promoted by PAP-RAC. The Fisheries Research Institute - National Agricultural Research Foundation partner leader of ICZM-MED Subproject organizes a symbolic cleaning coast activity with Greek local schools.

NEW CONTACTS FROM THE NETWORK C.R.P.M. Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes http://www.crpm.org 16 octobre 2007, Firenze Meeting of the Intermediterranean Commission's Maritime Policy Group of CRPM Lazio and Emilia-Romagna Regions, represented by the responsibles of BEACHMED-e, participated to the reunion of the Marine Political Group-CRPM, whose agenda is the discussion and the validation of CRPM contribution to the Green Book on clime change. The BEACHMED-e Partnership, will participate to the activities of the Intermediterranean Commission with the realization of a list of the technical administrations operating in the coastal management (OBSEMEDI Subproject results). With this aim, Lazio Region has been engaged to accommodate the next Meeting of the Work group in Rome the next 1st February 2008.

GENERAL Benefits of the BEACHMEDProgram 1. More information about coastal defence technologies 2. More administrative tools for coastal defence management 3. More sustainability in in coastal defence work 12,00 Beach Nourishment prices /m3 (Latium Region IT 1999-2007) /m3 (IVA free) 10,00 8,00 6,00 4,00 2,00 Ostia 1999 Anzio2001 Lazio centro 2003 Tarquinia 2004 Ostia 2005 Pontino 2007 0,00 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 work year

New BEACHMED partnership initiatives 1. BEACHMED-Inspire A PROJECT DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF MORPHOLOGICAL COASTAL ZONE INFORMATION econtentplus Programme - CLOSED 2. COAST-SAT COASTAL SATELLITE SURVEY FOR EROSION AND CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ASSESSMENT INTERREGIVC Programme OPEN (Deadline January 15th 2008) 3. ----------------- CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS AND SUSTAINABLE PLANNING ALONG MEDITERRANEAN COASTS INTERREG MED- SPACE Programme OPEN (launch November 22th 2007)

Interoperabilità dei dati digitali Difformità nelle scale di rappresentazione ed analisi Corine Eurosion 1:100.000 Linea di costa a scala Regionale 1:10.000

Sistemi di riferimento planimetrici difformi Sistema di Riferimento 1 : ETRS89 Interoperabilità dei dati digitali Sistema di Riferimento 2 : Clarke 80

Difformità dei sistemi di riferimento altimetrici Delta Altimetrici tra il sistema Europeo EVRS 2000 ed i sistemi nazionali

Main Objectives and Expected Results : 1. identification of best practices across Europe related to the collection, classification and use of digital content for coastal zone protection 2. contributing to solve relevant interoperability bottlenecks in geographic digital data collections, through the harmonisation of data and metadata (I EN ISO 19115 2005) 3. construction and deployment of a web based European coastal geoportal

18 partners - 4 million Proposal delivered

A proposal for a Regional Initiative Project in the E.U. program INTERREG IVC (2007 call) Priority 2 - Environment and risk prevention:natural and technological risks Submitted by the Regione Lazio (IT) and seconded by the RFO BEACHMED-e (Interreg IIIC-Zone South) partnership. With the preliminary agreement of the ESA (European Space Agency) as a scientific consultant COAST-SAT Erosion and Climate Change Risk Assessment by Regional Coastal Survey

Gestione Aree Marine Protette COASTAL DEFENCE : involved Administrations need data to estimate coastal erosion at a territorial scale for: 1. evaluation of coastline retreating trends (Risk assessment) 2. evaluation of sand nourishment needs (Risk prevention) Administrations need data for territorial plans

Gestione Aree Marine Protette COASTAL DEFENCE : aboutriskassessmentand Prevention Risk = Hazard x Land Value Hazard Levels Land Uses Risk Area There is not any ICZM without Risk Assessment

Gestione Aree Marine Protette Why COAST-SAT : many European projects are very broad and focused on the general aspects of coastal management

Gestione Aree Marine Protette Why COAST SAT : whilst many other are focused on series of local represantative situations or specific related topics.

Gestione Aree Marine Protette Why COAST-SAT : There is an evident gap between data gathering for communication purposes and data gathering for local or thematic purposes.. data gathering for planning purposes

Regione Lazio Italy Gestione Aree Marine Protette Main Objectives and Expected Results : 1. Methods for the erosion and climate change quantitative assessment 2. Achievement of a shared methodology to measure coastal risk phenomenon 3. Feasibility for the European Observatory seconded by the Charta of Bologna

n DATE Site Event 1 13-14 October 2005 Héraklion - Creta 1 Steering Committee 2 2-3 February 2006 Montpellier - Hérault 2 Steering Committee and WORKSHOP 3 27-28 April 2006 Roma - Lazio 3 Steering Committee and Opening Conference of Sub Projects Activities 4 9-11 November 2006 Alexandroupoli Macédoin e Est Trace 4 Steering Committee and Conclusion Conference phase A 5 22-24 February 2007 Bologna - Emilia-Romagna 5 Steering Committee and Conclusion Conference phase B Component 2 6 28-30 June 2007 Barcellona - Catalunya 6 Steering Committee and Conclusion Conference phase B Component 3-4 7 25-27 October 2007 Genova - Liguria 7 Steering Committee and Advancement Conference phase C Component 4 8 29-30 Nov - 1st Dec 2007 Montpellier - Hérault 8 Steering Committee and Advancement Conference phase C Component 3 9 21-23 February 2008 Firenze - Toscana 9 Steering Committee and Advancement Conference phase C Component 2 10 30 May 2008 Roma - Lazio Operation Conclusion Conference

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