Spatial Planning Indicators - a core set proposal for a waterfront management - the Portuguese case.

Rui Miguel Papudo

Grupo de Ordenamento do Território/ Instituto Geográfico Português/ Centro de Estudos Geográfico, (PT)

To establish a correct and meaningful spatial planning concept is characterized as complex and tough for many technicians and researchers. In a simple way, spatial planning is the managing approach to geographic space in relation to one reality model. To do that, the planner needs to identify, distribute, organize and regulate all the different human activities developed inside the territory, considering for that, a restrict number of priorities and criteria's. So, spatial planning turns out to be one of the most important items to support technically the political making decisions.
Specifically in the Portuguese context, compose by a huge coastal area characterized by a constant human pressure increase, the waterfront management turns into one of the most important elements to consider for an efficient and sustainable territory administration.
The geographic information technicians require some tools which provides a scientific knowledge, such has indicators, Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The major poster aim is to establish a core set indicators proposal to apply in waterfront management.
This poster is divided in two parts: a first part with a brief discussion about monitoring indicators of waterfront management areas and in the second part the results analysis.