1. Ktisis Cyprus University of Technology

Coastal Zone Environment and Geo-Sciences (Coastline)

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Project title
Coastal Zone Environment and Geo-Sciences (Coastline)
Budget
634.800€
Project Coordinator
Status
Ongoing project
Start date
01-01-2024
Expected Completion
31-12-2027
 
Funder
EC
Funding Program
HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01-01
OpenAire ID
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/HE/101130576
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Description

Abstract
The Coastal Zone Environment and Geo-Sciences project, in short COASTLINE, aspires to promote innovative international, inter-sectoral, and interdisciplinary collaboration in research and innovation aspects dealing with monitoring coastal zone environments through geoscience remote sensors. It aims to design and develop a multi-task platform, integrating satellite and UAV aerial RS and ground-based RS technologies with a tailor-made GIS application to map, document and monitor the cultural and natural environment employing multidisciplinary research and professional exchange. COASTLINE platform will provide models (coastal erosion, coastal water quality, risk analysis) and specific geovisualizations based on an infrastructure where technical parameters will be illustrated in GIS environment (RS data processing chains, UAV low altitude and high-resolution data, ground-based RS data, archaeological documentation, environmental attributes, etc.), are implemented for the test sites of interest. As a major outcome of the project, the COASTLINE Platform will enable the authorities responsible for documenting and preserving cultural and natural heritage sites to carry out a practical planning and implementation policy of preventive maintenance. To carry out the demonstration and validation of the COASTLINE Platform, three case studies will be selected: the Greek (Elounda/Crete), the Cypriot (Paphos) and the Italian (Margherita Di Savoia), with the possibility of replacing or adding others if the development of the project makes it necessary.

The COASTLINE project aspires to promote innovative international, inter-sectoral, and interdisciplinary collaboration in research and innovation aspects dealing with monitoring coastal zone environments through geoscience and remote sensors. It aims to establish new and improved methods and protocols for documenting and analyzing the coastal zones in selected case studies (coastal zones) of Europe. It will bring together partners from the academia /research institutions with the business sector in order to share knowledge, ideas, and infrastructures for delivering novel methodologies regarding the use of remote sensors, such as satellite observations (including the Copernicus Programme with the Sentinels' mission), ground geophysical prospections and Geographical Information Systems along with spatial statistics
 
Keyword(s)
Coastal Zone Management
Spatiotemporal Mapping
Geoinformatics
Geophysics
Heritage Management
Environmental Monitoring
Risk assessment