CHAPTER 17
Coastal Zone Management: The Case of Castellón
I. Rodríguez, A. Lloret, and J. M. de la Peña
ABSTRACT: The aim of this chapter is to present the methodology used for the stretch
of coast between the ports of Castellón and Sagunto, in order to introduce and compare
all the factors related to that coast for its Integral Management. The methodology has
been developed so that it can be generalized to any other stretches of coast, given the
modifications of the input parameters which depend on the characteristics of the
particular stretch, as well as on the possible alternative action steps taken to facilitate
and speed up communications between the various administrations involved, which in
turn maximizes the resulting Integral Management. In this sense, the Geographic
Information System (GIS) is seen as an indispensable tool to handle, combine and
manage the various data, as well as to allow the planning of strategies for the best
management of coastal areas with special problems, keeping in mind all the aspects of
the affected littoral and its interrelationships.
Introduction
The concern on behalf of the General Directorate for Spanish Coasts to approach every
coastal operation from all possible aspects, through multidisciplinary studies, led its
staff to ask the Center for Studies of Ports and Coasts of the CEDEX to elaborate a
methodology that would allow for the integral management of a stretch of coast. The
basic content would be to develop a tool for the evaluation of alternative coastal action
proposal considered by the General Coastal Directorate taking into account the
demands and endeavours from entities involved or having competencies in coastal
management.
It was decided that the first trials would be done on a pilot area, and the most
adequate was thought to be that which lies between the ports of Castellón and Sagunto,
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D.R. Green and S.D. King (eds.), Coastal and Marine Geo-Information Systems, 213–220.
© 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands.
Coastal Zone Management: The Case of Castellón
I. Rodríguez, A. Lloret, and J. M. de la Peña
ABSTRACT: The aim of this chapter is to present the methodology used for the stretch
of coast between the ports of Castellón and Sagunto, in order to introduce and compare
all the factors related to that coast for its Integral Management. The methodology has
been developed so that it can be generalized to any other stretches of coast, given the
modifications of the input parameters which depend on the characteristics of the
particular stretch, as well as on the possible alternative action steps taken to facilitate
and speed up communications between the various administrations involved, which in
turn maximizes the resulting Integral Management. In this sense, the Geographic
Information System (GIS) is seen as an indispensable tool to handle, combine and
manage the various data, as well as to allow the planning of strategies for the best
management of coastal areas with special problems, keeping in mind all the aspects of
the affected littoral and its interrelationships.
Introduction
The concern on behalf of the General Directorate for Spanish Coasts to approach every
coastal operation from all possible aspects, through multidisciplinary studies, led its
staff to ask the Center for Studies of Ports and Coasts of the CEDEX to elaborate a
methodology that would allow for the integral management of a stretch of coast. The
basic content would be to develop a tool for the evaluation of alternative coastal action
proposal considered by the General Coastal Directorate taking into account the
demands and endeavours from entities involved or having competencies in coastal
management.
It was decided that the first trials would be done on a pilot area, and the most
adequate was thought to be that which lies between the ports of Castellón and Sagunto,
213
D.R. Green and S.D. King (eds.), Coastal and Marine Geo-Information Systems, 213–220.
© 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands.