TY - JOUR
T1 - Concepts and science for coastal erosion management - An introduction to the Conscience framework
AU - Marchand, Marcel
AU - Sanchez-Arcilla, Agustin
AU - Ferreira, Maria
AU - Gault, Jeremy
AU - Jiménez, José A.
AU - Markovic, Marina
AU - Mulder, Jan
AU - van Rijn, Leo
AU - Stânicâ, Adrian
AU - Sulisz, Wojciech
AU - Sutherland, James
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - The main objective of the Conscience project was to develop and test concepts, guidelines and tools for the sustainable management of erosion along the European coastline, based on the best available scientific knowledge and on existing practical experience. Four concepts are potentially capable of providing the nexus between scientific knowledge and management: coastal resilience, coastal sediment cell, favourable sediment status and strategic sediment reservoir. The project has tested the use of these concepts and found that they are useful, provided that they are positioned and linked within a logical structure that we shall call the Conscience " Frame of Reference" , defined in time and space and supported through data and monitoring. Practical experience in six coastal sites in Europe has shown that the use of this Frame of Reference together with these concepts can make management objectives explicit and transparent. It can therefore support the design of an appropriate, resilience based coastal erosion management practice.
AB - The main objective of the Conscience project was to develop and test concepts, guidelines and tools for the sustainable management of erosion along the European coastline, based on the best available scientific knowledge and on existing practical experience. Four concepts are potentially capable of providing the nexus between scientific knowledge and management: coastal resilience, coastal sediment cell, favourable sediment status and strategic sediment reservoir. The project has tested the use of these concepts and found that they are useful, provided that they are positioned and linked within a logical structure that we shall call the Conscience " Frame of Reference" , defined in time and space and supported through data and monitoring. Practical experience in six coastal sites in Europe has shown that the use of this Frame of Reference together with these concepts can make management objectives explicit and transparent. It can therefore support the design of an appropriate, resilience based coastal erosion management practice.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/81455158925
U2 - 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.06.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:81455158925
SN - 0964-5691
VL - 54
SP - 859
EP - 866
JO - Ocean and Coastal Management
JF - Ocean and Coastal Management
IS - 12
ER -
