Training Course: THE WATERFRONT MANAGEMENT AND GI
Estoril and Lisboa, Portugal – 31st May – 6th June 2005
Convenors:
GISIG and ICCOPS
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This training course is meant to provide
participants with proper knowledge about Waterfront Management and Geographic
Information. It is arranged in two parts: a first theoretical/tutorial
part and a second application-oriented part made up of three technical
visits and a ICAM-GI practical exercise session.
The course worked out a specific issue of great interest in ICM because
coastal towns often develop in a strict interdependence with the sea and
their waterfronts are the evidence of that evolution.
Waterfronts are object of ICM programmes at different scales, from architectonic
projects on specific areas to comprehensive planning interventions that
are expected to lead to deep changes also in the organisation and in the
socio-economic structure of the surrounding areas.
GIS are particularly suited to help their management, because on the one
hand they give the opportunity of managing inputs provided by all the
different actors and on the other hand they are capable of adjustments
of the programmes and creation of scenarios, according to the evolution
of the situation.
Examples and presentations have been provided in order to offer both the
theoretical background and some practical implementations, with the tools
to be used.
In the first part of the course, theoretical-technical
support for coastal managers and operatorshave been supplied.
This first part took place at the Estoril Congress Centre linked with
the GISPlanet 2005 conference ("II conference & exhibition on
geographic information"; http://www.gisplanet.org)
and partially merged with it.
GISPlanet is one of the most important events dedicated to Geographic
Information, bringing together the world-wide GIS research and applications
community in a forum for discussion of GIS from a global perspective.
This overlapping provided participants the atmosphere of a GI world-ranked
event.
This part included:
- a joint session “ECO-IMAGINE/GISPlanet”, that has been scheduled with selected presentations on GIS for coastal management.
- Two tutorial sessions:
“Tools for Environmental Data Modelling”
“Waterfront Redevelopment as Strategic Factor of Urban Regeneration: an evaluation after more than 30 years of works”
In the following sessions, examples of requalification and planning actions have been supplied. One of them was dedicated to the Portuguese experience also in order to provide information on the places that have been seen during the stay and especially during the technical visits. Participants had free access to the exposition area of the GISPlanet conference and the opportunity of attending the GISPlanet closing session.
The second part of the course included three technical visits and an ICAM-GI practical exercise session:
- Technical field visits to examples of waterfront requalification actions: St. Amaro and Carcavelos; Oeiras Marina
- LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil,
Lisbon (http://www.dha.lnec.pt)
Technical presentations and technical visit to the physical modelling laboratories - Instituto Hidrográfico, Lisbon (http://www.hidrografico.pt)
Data acquisition and pre-processing skills on board of an oceanographic ship (at pier) and vessel (cruising); Exhibition and demonstration of several oceanographic/geophysical equipment, pre- and post-processing skills, demonstration of GIS projects applied to marine and waterfront management in the facilities of the Instituto Hidrográfico - ICAM-GI Practical exercise session
This tutorial session provided a background theoretical knowledge on the main elements of interventions for Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) and the importance of GI in this field. It has been structured in order to favour active participation of the attendants. They have been stimulated to discuss through exercises and comparison of the possible solutions.