SUSCOD

Sustainable Coastal Development in Practise

SUSCOD aimed to make a step change in the application of integrated coastal zone management (ICZM). Seven partners from five countries developed an innovative Integrated Coastal Zone Management (IZCM) ‘assistant'.

The ICZM approach has been explored in several parts of the North Sea Region and often the focus of these interventions has been public safety. Although these interventions have offered opportunities to realise the full development potential of the areas concerned, in practice a fully integrated, holistic approach has rarely been taken and this is regrettable, because coastal potentials are not fully utilised.

SUSCOD brought together partners that wanted to change this through a well coordinated transnational team approach. The practical web-based tool allowed coastal development practitioners to fully realise coastal potentials, economical as well as social and environmental.


BENEFICIARIES PER COUNTRY
THE NETHERLANDS
Province of North-Holland
BELGIUM
Agency for Maritime and Coastal Services - Coastal Division
Agency for Maritime and Coastal Services - Coastal Division
Flanders Hydraulic Research
UNITED KINGDOM
Fife Coast and Countryside Trust
Essex County Council
DENMARK
Region of Sjaelland
SWEDEN
Municipality of Strömstad
Municipality of Tjörn