Objective SPEAR aims to develop and test an integrated framework for interpreting coastal zone structure and dynamics, in areas where communities primarily depend on marine resources. This framework accounts for watershed interactions, ecological structure and human activities. Our interdisciplinary approach combines natural and social sciences, and addresses the complex scaling issues inherent in integrated management. Two contrasting systems in China will be studied: Sanggou Bay, part of a rural watershed, and Huan gdun Bay, located in an industrialized area south of Shanghai. In both systems, large-scale cultivation of seaweeds, shellfish and finfish are of paramount importance for community income and livelihood. Research and development will use existing local and regional datasets, ongoing Chinese field programs, archived and contemporary satellite imagery, with limited additional field and experimental measures. Complementary workpackages will establish the interactions between catchment use and coastal zone. Wor k will focus on fluxes of nutrients, organic matter and sediments, including exchanges at the seaward boundary and the role of ecological processes. Component models will describe the interactions both between cultivated species and with their environments , taking into account different levels of human interaction (e.g. resource exploitation, basin water management practices, and sewage discharge). Integrated modelling will permit the dynamic coupling of economic drivers responsible for social issues (over-exploitation, usage conflicts) with our ecological models, resolving inter-relations with the natural system. This will allow realistic testing of 3 contrasting management scenarios. Particular emphasis will be placed on how integrated multi-species aquacu lture (=polyculture) may be used to restore and optimise sustainability by internalizing environmental costs. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthnatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyplanetary sciencesplanetsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologydrainage basinsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and management Keywords Integrated framework polyculture research and screening models socio-economics sustainability Programme(s) FP6-INCO - Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) INCO-2002-A2.2 - Reconciling multiple demands on costal zones Call for proposal FP6-2002-INCO-DEV-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme IP - Integrated Project Coordinator INSTITUTO DO MAR EU contribution No data Address a/c Dep Zoologia - FCT Universidade de Coimbra COIMBRA Portugal See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CSIR South Africa EU contribution No data Address 1 Meiring Naude Street 395 PRETORIA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY, STATE OCEANIC ADMINISTRATION, P.R. CHINA China EU contribution No data Address 6 Xianxialing Road QINGDAO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution No data Address ` GÖTEBORG See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NINGBO UNIVERSITY China EU contribution No data Address Banlu Zhang, Ningzhen Road NINGBO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Prospect Place, The Hoe PLYMOUTH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STICHTING DELTARES Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Rotterdamseweg 185 DELFT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THIRD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY, STATE OCEANIC ADMINISTRATION, P.R. CHINA China EU contribution No data Address 6 Xianxialing Road QINGDAO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address STIRLING See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
