Coastal And Marine Geospatial Technologies / Edition 1

This international collection of papers represents a selected and up-to-date overview of some of the main areas of research into the application of the geospatial technologies, including geographical information systems (GIS), remote sensing, digital mapping, global positioning systems (GPS), databases, Internet technology, and mobile field-data collection and mapping, to coastal and marine environments around the World. Aimed at the researcher, editor, practitioner and student, this volume seeks to expand the available literature in a rapidly expanding and evolving area, namely the coastal and marine environment. The book comes at a time when there is growing concern about global warming, climate change, and sea level rise, all of which will have an impact upon coastal areas. These geospatial technologies offer the possibility to gather unique environmental data to study the coast, to process the data into information, to visualise data and landscapes, to gather data in the field, and to involve stakeholders in coastal management amongst other things.Considerable potential now exists to raise awareness, to educate and to embrace these technologies as one way to promote greater knowledge and understanding of our marine and coastal environments

Table Of Contents:

Part I Information Networks, SDI and Information Systems

1 A Metadata Service for Managing Spatial Resources of Coastal Areas Julien Barde Therese Libourel Pierre Maurel Jean-Christophe Desconnets Nabila Mazouni Lionel Loubersac 3

2 The Development of an Australian Marine Spatial Information System (AMSIS) to Support Australian Government Ocean Policy and Multi-Use Marine Activities Alister D. Nairn 17

3 Spatial Data Infrastructure in the Management of the Lagos Lagoon P.C. Nwilo D.A. Osanwuta A.O. Onojeghuo O.O. Oni 29

4 Harmonising Marine Information Exchange in Ireland Elizabeth O'Dea Edward Dwyer Valerie Cummins Dídac Perales Í Giménez Declan Dunne 41

5 Creating Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure for the UK Michael J. Osborne John Pepper 51

6 Unlocking the Marine Data Treasure Chest John Pepper 57

7 The European Marie Curie Project "ECO-IMAGINE" Emanuele Roccatagliata Giorgio Saio 65

8 Coastal Ocean Information Network (ATLANTIC): From Concept to Reality: A Status Report Andrew G. Sherin Michael J.A. Butler Claudette Leblanc Randy Gillespie Norval Collins 73

9 A National Database on Coastal Dunes: Emilia-Romagna and Southern Veneto Littorals (Italy) Umberta Simeoni Edi Valpreda Corinne Corbau 87

10 Establishment of Marine and Coastal Spatial Data Infrastructure in Indonesia Suwahyuono Wahyu Gatot H. Pramono Bebas Purnawan 97

Part II GIS Tools

11 Prestige Marine Pollution: A GIS Tool Francisco Carreño Inmaculada Rodríguez Isabel Montoya Maria J. Sánchez 107

12 Aquaculture in Sicily: Ecological and Economic Aspects Paolina Curro Vincenzo Maccarrone 117

13 Soft Copy Photogrammetry to Measure ShorePlatform Erosion on Decadal Time Scales Uwe Dornbusch Cherith Moses David A. Robinson Rendel Williams 129

14 Regionalizing Coastal Zones with Geospatial Tools for Integrated Coastal Zone Management Jorge I. Euán Avila Alfonso Cuevas Jiménez 139

15 Applying Geospatial Technologies to Weedmat Monitoring and Mapping: The Ythan Estuary, NE Scotland David R. Green 153

16 "Ythanview" - Visualizing an Estuary and Virtual Fieldwork at the Ythan Estuary, Scotland, UK David R. Green Katarzyna Bojar 171

17 Analysis of Long-Term Changes of a Sandy Shoreline Utilising High-Resolution Aerial Photography Tobias Dolch 187

18 GIS in the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program (TMAP) Gerold Lueerssen 197

19 Integrating GIS with Hydrodynamic Model for Wastewater Disposal and Management: Pearl River Estuary Sandy M.N. Ng Onyx W.H. Wai Z.H. Xu Y.S. Li 207

20 Geographic Information Systems and Sustainable Water Resources Management in Nigeria Ifeyinwa Christabel Okeke 219

21 Spatial Analysis of Traffic and Risks in the Coastal Zone Ronald Pelot Lauren Plummer 227

Part III Spatial Planning

22 Predictive Models to Inform Spatial Planning for Scottish Marine Fish Farms C. Greathead M. Gubbins I.M. Davies D. Tulett 241

23 Towards A GIS-Based Methodology for Marine Protected Area Zoning Sarah A. Loos Rosaline R. Canessa 245

24 Functional Connected Areas in Regional Planning: Sea and Land Uses Interaction Leon Gosar Manca Plazar Tanja Preseren Franc Steinman 255

25 The Development of Coastal Information Systems: The Role of Networks in Bringing Spatial Analysis into Planning and Management Tim Stojanovic 265

Part IV Coastal Geomorphology

26 GIS Tool for Coastal Morphodynamics Analysis Joaquim Pais-Barbosa Fernando Veloso-Gomes Francisco Taveira-Pinto 275

27 Paros Island (Cyclades, Aegean Sea) Coastal Zone: Natural Processes and Dynamics N. Evelpidou S.E. Poulos A. Vassilopoulos 285

28 Palaeogeographic Evolution of the Cyclades Islands (Greece) During the Holocene K. Gaki-Papanastassiou N. Evelpidou H. Maroukian A. Vassilopoulos 297

29 Structural Control of Geomorphological Evolution of Meganissi Island (Ionian Sea) Coastal Zone and Natural Hazard Risk Detection Based on Fuzzy Sets Th. Gournelos N. Evelpidou A. Vassilopoulos S. Poulos 305

30 A Simple and Efficient Methodology to Assess Long Term Shoreline Evolution - Case Study Filipa S.B.F. Oliveira 315

31 Study of Human Induced Recent Geomorphological and Land Use Changes of the Acheloos Delta Area in Western Greece Using GIS D. Green Th. Gournelos A. Vassilopoulos N. Evelpidou 325

Part V The Coastal Environment

32 Multi-Functional Assessment of Coastal Landscapes with Climate Change Iain Brown 335

33 A GIS for Managing Past Knowledge in Coastal Defence Planning Edi Valpreda Michele Rotunno Umberto Simeoni Simona Gragnaniello Maurizio Farina 347

Part VI Coastal Hazards and Vulnerability

34 Environmental Indicators GIS of the Catalan Coast Jorge Brenner José A. Jiménez' Rafael Sardá 359

35 Geohazards and Geographic Information in the Coast of Tarragona (Spain) Isabel Montoya Inmaculada Rodríguez María José Sánchez Francisco Carreño 371

36 Assessing the Vulnerability of Asian Megadeltas to Climate Change Using GIS Colin D. Woodroffe 379

Color Plates 393

Index 435

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