The
Centre for Marine and Coastal Zone Management carries out
research into the application and use of geospatial technologies
in marine and coastal zone management. Some of the recent
and ongoing projects that the Centre has been involved in
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CoastGIS
2005
An
international Symposium and Exhibition hosted by the AECC
and the University of Aberdeen, and sponsored by Aberdeen
City Council, NOAA, and Stronachs was held at the AECC in
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK - 21st-23rd July 2005. This was the
6th International Symposium Computer Mapping and GIS for Coastal
Zone Management: Defining and Building a Marine and Coastal
Spatial Data Infrastructure. International delegates from
Australia, USA, Canada, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Spain, France,
Norway, Germany, Nigeria and the UK attended the 3-day conference,
workshops, and exhibition.
Click
here for the CoastGIS Website.
A
complete copy of the CoastGIS 2005 Proceedings can be obtained
on CD for £30.00 incl P&P by contacting
us.
Previous
CoastGIS Conference Proceedings can be obtained from the
CoastGIS
website
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YthanView
YthanView
is an ongoing project designed to provide improved access
for educaters and researchers at the University of Aberdeen
to geospatial datsets for the Ythan Estuary and surrounding
area (The Sands of Forvie National Nature Reserve (NNR)) in
Northeast Scotland, UK. The project originated, in part, with
the educational and research work currently undertaken by
the Centre for Marine and Coastal Zone Management (CMCZM)
including a Learning and Technology Unit (LTU) proposal approved
in 2004. YthanView is also designed to complement other work
currently being undertaken on the Ythan Estuary and surrounds.
The
project is co-ordinated by David R. Green (d.r.green@abdn.ac.uk)
under the auspices of the Centre for Marine and Coastal Zone
Management (CMCZM), the Aberdeen Institute for Coastal Science
and Management (AICSM), and OceanLab at the University of
Aberdeen.
Click
here for a copy of a paper (PDF) on YthanView presented
at CoastGIS 2005.
Click
here for the YthanView website
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NCDC
We
are currently involved in a small consultancy project with
North Cornwall District Council (NCDC) o undertake research
into the carrying capacity of surfing beaches. More details
coming soon.
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| Corepoint
AICSM
is a partner in the Corepoint Project. Coastal Research Policy
Integration. Project Duration: Nov 2004 - April 2008. Source
of Funding: Interreg IIIB.
Concerns
for coastal problems are shared across NWE coastal countries.
Following the completion of the Demonstration Programme on
ICZM a set of recommendations on a European Strategy were
formulated. Subsequently, there have been varying levels of
engagement with this strategy across EU Member States. The
Corepoint partners have identified the following key issues
to be addressed: Lack of integrated planning and management
to achieve sustainable development of NW europe coastal zone
Lack of engagement and open communication with stakeholders,
including political representatives and general public Poor
links between researchers and policy makers Lack of sustained
capacity and expertise within local authorities Disproportionate
levels of progress on ICZM in Northwest Europe.
For
further details see: Corepoint
website
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| CoPraNET
- Coastal Practice Network Contribution
to the establishment of a European Coastal Practitioners Network
The
Aberdeen
Institute for Coastal Sciences and Management is a partner
in the CoPraNET project. The main immediate role is in the
organisation of Littoral
2004
The Coastal
Practice Network is a three year, Interreg IIIC project
to help establish a coastal practitioners network and bridge
the gap between planners, managers and the research community
throughout Europe. It has been set up to develop and exchange
information on best practice in the coastal zone on the issues
of sustainable tourism and coastal erosion and beach management.
The network will serve to equalise the differences in regional
coastal development by bringing together Priority 1 and 2
partners in a partnership embracing research, advisory and
implementing organisations.
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ECO-IMAGINE
ECO-IMAGINE
- European Conferences and forum for Integrated coastal MAnagement
and Geo-INformation rEsearch
The
CMCZM is a partner in the Marie Curie GISIG ECO-IMAGINE
project.
As
part of this initiative a Training Course on the use of GI
in ICZM will be hosted in Aberdeen in 2007.
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COASTWATCH
- Environment Monitoring Service for European Coasts
The CMCZM (University
of Aberdeen) is a partner in the COASTWATCH project
coordinated by EADS
Systems & Defence Electronics in France
COASTWATCH
- geo-information services in support of integrated coastal
zone management - is one service element that has been initiated
under the joint European Commission (EC) and European Space
Agency (ESA) Global
Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative.
Also see http://www.gmes.info
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| NATURE-GIS
- IST project no 2001-34641
The CMCZM (University
of Aberdeen) is a partner in the NATURE-GIS project coordinated
by GISIG-Geographical
Information Systems International Group in Italy
Nature-GIS
is a network bringing together the different stakeholders
in protected areas: users and experts in IT and in nature
conservation. The project is now complete. In the UK, a website
will continue to promote the Nature-GIS network.
An
electronic copy of the Guidelines can be obtained by contacting
us.
Useful
links for Nature-GIS
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| A
study of the environmental changes at the Acheloos River Delta
(W. Greece) using remote sensing and GIS
This
project was completed at the start of 2005. A paper was presented
on the results at the Littoral 2004 Conference in September
2004, and at the CoastGIS 2005 Symposium in July 2005. Click
here for a copy of the paper (PDF).
A complete copy of the CoastGIS 2005 Proceedings can be obtained
on CD for £35.00 incl P&P by contacting
us.
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| Monitoring
the distribution of algal weed mats in the Ythan Estuary (NE
Scotland) using aerial photography
This
research project examines the potential for extracting information,
in the form of digital maps, showing the spatial location,
extent and multi-temporal changes of macro-algal weedmats
in the Ythan estuary, North East Scotland, derived from both
panchromatic and colour aerial photography. It builds upon
the work carried out by Raffaelli et al. but develops a methodology
that makes use of up-to-date digital image processing and
GIS software and techniques.
A
previous study looked at the potential of integrating GIS
and remote sensing technologies to monitor the Ythan. In
this study, a large-scale model aircraft was used to collect
colour and colour infrared 35mm aerial photography of the
estuary.
This
project is ongoing, and is being continued in the form of
YthanView (see details above).
Click
here for a copy of a paper (PDF) recently presented at
the CoastGIS 2005 Symposium.
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Using
GIS to assess the potential impact of lead pollution on an
endangered population of Spanish imperial eagle within the
Doñana National Park, Spain |
A
PhD project using GIS to help assess the risk posed by lead
pollution to the Doñana population of Spanish imperial
eagle, specifically the risk incurred by eagle predation of
Greylag geese and Mallard duck (eagle prey species in which
lead poisoning is known to have occurred). For
more info, click here.
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Development
of an Internet-based Decision Support System to aid coastal
zone management in the Solway Firth (UK) |
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is a research project focussing on the use of remote sensing,
geographic information systems (GIS) and the Internet to deliver
information that coastal zone managers need in order to make
their day-to-day decisions and is using the Solway Firth on
the English / Scottish border as a case study region.
An
on-line Geo-information Decision Support Processing and Dissemination
System (GDSPDS) has been built utilising ESRI's ArcIMS, ER
Mapper's Image Web Server and LizardTech's MrSID Geospatial
encoder, DjVu and Content Server. A database (MS Access) of
remotely sensed imagery is available to search on the web
using Active Server Pages (ASP).
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