INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
AND VALUATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS
The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and the Consortium for Coordination of Research Activities Concerning the Venice Lagoon System (CORILA), are organizing a conference on the socio economic impacts on coastal zones and their evaluation in a context of integrated coastal zone management. The event will be held in Venice on March 12th-13th, 2007. The conference is part of the activities of the thematic network “Multifunctionality and Valuation” within ENCORA, the European Platform for sharing knowledge and experience in coastal science, policy and practice.
European coastal zones are subjected to considerable pressure from different types of impacts. The integrated management of coastal zones aims at sorting out the conflicts over the use and allocation of coastal and marine resources. Decision makers are thus confronted with values and processes coming from different contexts and presented in different languages, measures and criteria.
New tools and strategies are needed in order to deal with different values and to achieve a shared decision-making process.
This conference provides an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss new tools and approaches, giving an overview on the state of the art of the valuation of impacts in the context of integrated coastal zone management in Europe. The conference themes include:
Evaluation of impacts
Land use changes
Tourism, water-based leisure activities
Maritime transport
Fisheries and aquaculture
Off-shore power generation
Industrial activities
Infrastructures
Integration between different values and conflicts
Tools for economic valuation of natural resources
Multidisciplinary decision support
Submission of papers:
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit original papers containing new and innovative results referred to scientific or practical experiences. Selected papers will be presented and discussed in thematic sessions and circulated during the conference.
Selected papers will be published on the network’s website (http://www.encora.corila.it), and as part of a State of the Art report on the valuation and impacts of socio-economic activities on coastal zones in Europe which will be prepared in the context of the ENCORA project.
Papers should be submitted by email to the thematic network host office: encora@feem.it .
The deadline for submissions is January 15th, 2007. Papers submitted after this date will not be accepted.
Should you need further clarifications, do not hesitate to contact the thematic network host office. Logistical information on the conference shall be available soon at: http://www.encora.corila.it . |
