1. 1 Eurosion GIS data in the EEA Andrus Meiner, EEA Expert meeting Methods and tools for assessing coastal vulnerability to climate change at the European scale EEA, Copenhagen, 8-9 June 2011

2. Eurosion project 2002-2004 A European initiative for sustainable coastal erosion management Final report –Eurosion vision, 4 key recommendations –Findings and technical results Shoreline Management Guide –Coastal erosion management solutions in Europe, 60 case studies GIS database –Update of 1985-1990 CORINE Coastal Erosion data –14 data layers for Europe Brochure “Living with coastal erosion in Europe” 2

3. www.eurosion.org 3

4. Eurosion GIS Database http://www.eurosion.org/reports-online/quickstart.pdf 4 1. Terrestrial Administrative Boundaries 2. Maritime Boundaries 3. Shoreline 4. Bathymetry 5. Elevation 6. Geomorphology and geology 7. Erosion trends and coastal defence works 8. Hydrography 9. Infrastructure 10. Wave and wind climate 11. Tidal regime 12. Sea level rise 13. Land cover and land cover changes since 1975 14. Areas of high ecological value

5. Eurosion GIS data/maps in the EEA Search ’eurosion’ from http:// Eurosion GIS data/maps in the EEA Search ’eurosion’ from http://dataservice.eea.europa.eu 5 1. Terrestrial Administrative Boundaries 2. Maritime Boundaries 3. Shoreline (Eurosion compilation) 4. Bathymetry 5. Elevation 6. Geomorphology and geology (Eurosion, vector polyline) 7. Erosion trends and coastal defence works (Eurosion) 8. Hydrography 9. Infrastructure 10. Wave and wind climate (as statistics, copyright) 11. Tidal regime (as statistics, copyright) 12. Sea level rise (Eurosion) 13. Land cover and land cover changes since 1975 14. Areas of high ecological value

6. 3. Eurosion: Shoreline 6

7. 6. Geomorphology and geology Both a geomorphological and a geological code is assigned to each segment 7

8. 7A. Coastal erosion patterns 8

9. 7B. Protected and defended coastline 9

10. 11 & 12. Mean tidal amplitude and relative sea level rise Statistics from 237 locations 10

11. Lessons learned Several data sets are outdated –acquisition time 2000-2003 or older –newer GIS data available (e.g. Landsat vs IMAGE2000) –data compilations not INSPIRE compliant Highest value: compilations of thematic data by the Eurosion project –coastal geology, erosion trends and sea regimes? (i.e. EMODnet) –European coverage, that is still unique for these layers EEA has used and published this data in 2006 –Coastal vulnerability could be a new customer for Eurosion 11

12. 12 Thank you! Contact: Andrus.Meiner@eea.europa.eu http://www.eea.europa.eu