1 Eurosion GIS data in the EEA Andrus Meiner, EEA Expert meeting Methods and tools for assessing coastal vulnerability to climate change at the European scale EEA, Copenhagen, 8-9 June 2011
Eurosion project A European initiative for sustainable coastal erosion management Final report –Eurosion vision, 4 key recommendations –Findings and technical results Shoreline Management Guide –Coastal erosion management solutions in Europe, 60 case studies GIS database –Update of CORINE Coastal Erosion data –14 data layers for Europe Brochure “Living with coastal erosion in Europe” 2
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Eurosion GIS Database Terrestrial Administrative Boundaries 2. Maritime Boundaries 3. Shoreline 4. Bathymetry 5. Elevation 6. Geomorphology and geology 7. Erosion trends and coastal defence works 8. Hydrography 9. Infrastructure 10. Wave and wind climate 11. Tidal regime 12. Sea level rise 13. Land cover and land cover changes since Areas of high ecological value
Eurosion GIS data/maps in the EEA Search ’eurosion’ from Eurosion GIS data/maps in the EEA Search ’eurosion’ from Terrestrial Administrative Boundaries 2. Maritime Boundaries 3. Shoreline (Eurosion compilation) 4. Bathymetry 5. Elevation 6. Geomorphology and geology (Eurosion, vector polyline) 7. Erosion trends and coastal defence works (Eurosion) 8. Hydrography 9. Infrastructure 10. Wave and wind climate (as statistics, copyright) 11. Tidal regime (as statistics, copyright) 12. Sea level rise (Eurosion) 13. Land cover and land cover changes since Areas of high ecological value
3. Eurosion: Shoreline 6
6. Geomorphology and geology Both a geomorphological and a geological code is assigned to each segment 7
7A. Coastal erosion patterns 8
7B. Protected and defended coastline 9
11 & 12. Mean tidal amplitude and relative sea level rise Statistics from 237 locations 10
Lessons learned Several data sets are outdated –acquisition time or older –newer GIS data available (e.g. Landsat vs IMAGE2000) –data compilations not INSPIRE compliant Highest value: compilations of thematic data by the Eurosion project –coastal geology, erosion trends and sea regimes? (i.e. EMODnet) –European coverage, that is still unique for these layers EEA has used and published this data in 2006 –Coastal vulnerability could be a new customer for Eurosion 11
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