A Tool for Coastal Setbacks Demarcation over Rough, Impermeable Shores: The Test Case of Kavala Coastline (Northern Greece)

Although setback zones and lines are considered as a powerful coastal zone management tool ensuring public access, protecting the coastal ecosystem and minimizing natural hazards over developments, the lack of a solid and objective Mediterranean methodological framework for coastal setbacks demarcat...

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Published in:Coastal management 2015-09, Vol.43 (5), p.519-538
Main Authors: Sylaios, Georgios K., Lalenis, Konstantinos, Anastasiou, Sotiria, Papatheocharis, Ioannis, Kokkos, Nikolaos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bridges
Case studies
Climate change
Coastal
Coastal ecosystems
Coastal management
coastal setbacks
Coastal zone
Coastal zone management
Coastlines
Coasts
Conflicts
Disputes
Environmental changes
Environmental impact
Frameworks
Hazards
ICZM Protocol
Implementation
Integrated coastal zone management
Legislation
Management
Marine
maximum potential wave run-up
Mediterranean Sea
methodological framework
Methodology
Methods
Offshore
Offshore construction
Offshore operations
Planning
Protocols
Public access
Regional planning
Sea level
Sea level changes
Shorelines
Shores
Storm surges
Storms
Tidal waves
Wave analysis
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Summary:Although setback zones and lines are considered as a powerful coastal zone management tool ensuring public access, protecting the coastal ecosystem and minimizing natural hazards over developments, the lack of a solid and objective Mediterranean methodological framework for coastal setbacks demarcation appears profound. Especially for countries like Greece, this deficiency leads to long legal disputes encouraging illegal construction on the coastline. In this article a methodology on coastal setbacks demarcation over rocky, impermeable shores is proposed, followed, and implemented along a Greek shoreline, serving as a pilot case study. The methodology is consistent with the requirements of the integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) Protocol and the Greek legislation (L. 2971/2001), aiming to determine the "highest winter waterline," accounting for the tidal and storm surge effects, the sea-level rise due to climate change impact, the extreme offshore wind and wave analysis, and the maximum potential wave run-up. Such a tool may bridge the gap between legislative provisions and actual ICZM Protocol implementation improving regional coastal management and planning.
ISSN:0892-0753
1521-0421
DOI:10.1080/08920753.2015.1051443