Combined Functions in Coastal Defence Zones

Programme 2000 - 2006 North Sea Region

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

The ComCoast project worked on the future approach on safety against flooding around the North Sea. ComCoast aimed to achieve a more gradual transition zone from sea to land, creating benefits for the wider coastal community and environment. In this approach safety and spatial use in the coastal defence zone are combined. From this approach the name of the project originates: Combined functions in Coastal defence zones, which has been abbreviated to ComCoast. ComCoast studied and investigated the following questions: • Where and when would this concept work well? • Which costs and benefits are to distinguish and how to deal with socio-economic issues? • Which technical aspects appear and how can they be solved? • How to involve stakeholders and general public in developing this new approach?

Achievements (EN):

The project addressed the issue of safety against flooding, applying a multi-disciplinary approach, combining safety against flooding, land-use and economic development encouraged stakeholders to participate. The project work has been divided into six work pack-ages related to reconnaissance of the spatial potentials of the hinterland areas, performance of a socio-economic evaluation of the wetlands, providing a variety of technical solutions for strengthening of the flooding defences; implementing participatory actions; and conducting pilot projects which had been fed from the results from the rest of the work packages. The project created and applied new methodologies to evaluate multifunctional flood defence zones from an economical and social point of view. A more gradual transition from sea to land creates benefits for a wider coastal community and environment whilst offering economically and socially sound options. The project explored the spatial potentials for coastal defence strategies for current and future sites in the North Sea Region.

Thematic information

Water management Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Regional planning and development

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management

Address: PO Box 5044, NL-2600 GA Delft, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Kystdirektoratet

Name: Kystdirektoratet

Address: Hojbovej 1, DK-7620 Lemvig, Denmark

Legal status: n/a

Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Name: Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Address: Koning Albert II-laan 15, 1210 Brussels, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Umhvørvisstovan

Name: Umhvørvisstovan

Address: FO-165 Argir, Faroe Islands

Legal status: public

Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Name: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Address: Ammerländer Heerstraße 114-118, D-26129 Oldenburg, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Gemeente Hulst Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Name: Gemeente Hulst Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Address: 4561 Hulst, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Waterschap Zeeuwse Eilanden

Name: Waterschap Zeeuwse Eilanden

Address: Piet Heinstraat 77, 4461 GL Goes, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Waterschap Zeeuws Vlaanderen

Name: Waterschap Zeeuws Vlaanderen

Address: Kennedylaan 1, 4538 AE Terneuzen, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Provincie Groningen

Name: Provincie Groningen

Address: 9700 AP Groningen, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Provincie Zeeland

Name: Provincie Zeeland

Address: 4331 BK Middelburg, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

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Summary

Project name (EN): Combined Functions in Coastal Defence Zones

Project acronym: COMCOAST

Project start date: 2004-02-27

Project end date: 2007-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 5 775 540.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 887 769.00

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Financing programme

2000 - 2006 North Sea Region

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2019-04-25

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

70 / 70 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

557 / 557 (100%)

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Combined Functions in Coastal Defence Zones

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