Managing coastal zones via database
The COAST_VIEW project has merged scientists and coastal zone managers in order arrive at a set of video-derived Costal State Indicators (CSIs) for assisting coastal zone management. CSIs are the minimum standards that can quantitatively define the active condition of a coastal system. Video systems that collect the necessary data for determining CSIs according to a time-scale were developed and new theory/algorithms were designed for assessment of CSI from video data. Furthermore, field sites that have clearly defined management problems were selected. For the database which image data was collected at four sites, including Lido di Dante (Italy), El Puntal (Spain), Egmond (Netherlands) and Teignmouth (UK). Additionally long-term field data such as wave, tide and bathymetric survey data was collected for each COAST_VIEW field site. Short-term data were collected particularly for the purpose of providing proof of the video derived variables and coastal state indicators under examination in the study. The archive has an html interface that is housed on the COAST_VIEW website. Moreover, the complete data archive has been delivered to the European Commission and is located on the COAST_VIEW server.