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ECO-IMAGINE
ECO-IMAGINE is a group of 8 events on the complementarity
between Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) and Geo-information/GIS as
support tool.
The initiative runs with an interdisciplinary approach in order to better
integrate the different coastal aspects; a science based approach, as
per the Johannesburg 2002 Summit, is ensured by a state of art employment
of GIS.
Relevance is given to planning and management of coastal landscape as
the meeting point between natural and human features of the coast.
3 Working Groups are foreseen, to address the main features in this field:
- Building Coastal Knowledge and GI. Analyses and monitoring
of coastal realities exploiting the employment of GIS, as analyses functional
to an ICM programme and as assessment tool
- Coastal Governance, Planning and Design and GI. ICM
programmes evolution and its issues in the GIS perspective. In particular
uses of coastal resources, impacts on environment, relations between
the actors, assessment methodology, evolution of local policies/ planning
toward ICM
- The Waterfront Management and GI. Integrated management
and planning of waterfront as core areas for the sustainable development
of a wider context. In particular will be emphasised the role of GIS
in integrating waterfronts into the territorial scale
A 4th cross-cutting working group deals with the technological
features of GI and their applications in the various fields of ICM.
ECO-IMAGINE consists of:
- two general conferences: the initial one to introduce
the theme, the objectives and the Working Groups; the last one to make
a summary of the events and of the initiative achievements
- three thematic conferences focusing issues and state
of the art relevant to each Working Group
- three Training Courses in order to practically approach
the themes discussed
An effective network building and generation of added value is ensured
by proper tools as the website and a Virtual Permanent Conference as
discussion forum and as reference thematic repository
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