Applying GIS to Coastal Management in Cork Harbour: the Corepoint experience

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1 Applying GIS to Coastal Management in Cork Harbour: the Corepoint experience Kathrin Köpke University College Cork, Ireland Thematic Conference: THE WATERFRONT MANAGEMENT AND GI (IT), 14 th -18 th November 2006

2 Outline of the Presentation COREPOINT Cork Harbour Corepoint Activities in Cork Harbour Applying GIS in Cork Harbour Research Case study: The IFI Brownfield site Summary

3 COREPOINT Project P5: P7: Aberdeen P3: P11: P1: P4: P6: Marine P9: Centre Coastal Marine Cork University Maritiem P8: Institute and P12: for County Law and EUCC Coastal Sefton Range of Instituut and Marine P2: P10: Council for Western - Ocean The CoastNET Coastal of and Borough Environment Envision Resources Expertise (University Coastal Marine Planning Brittany Policy Science Council Union Research Centre Group (+ Department of IFREMER) Ghent) Management (NUIG) (Cardiff) (UCC) (UUC) CoastNET The The Project Coastal Centre, Provide purpose Part Based Envision Over a leader national part of Union 25 in expertise University of years of Based the of a the network the A international Martin experience Marine University an progressive Bantry Aberdeen College association established Ryan the and Bay ecological in of Institute consultancy Coastal Cork, socio-economics Local University Charter Ulster, with to the Authority support Environment Coleraine, management Project, CMRC members the it s and NUI, mission those they with and research examines Galway, a and (MACE) who multi-disciplinary law of are over is coastal member to one care the group 21 applied enhance various Group of for aim years zones the organisations and of to aspects most the of manage the to research within has local, conduct management Centre experienced of extensive the a national coastal centre broad in is UK s both to 40 of Legislation, diverse countries. environments, Coastal pure Local coastline. and active promote Authorities It was Processes, applied from It founded and has the the in evolved Education research thematic inter-disciplinary international physical EU to areas As the provide with processes Training, such marine reputation of the and they integrated a aim practical and to Spatial multi-disciplinary will of the of coastal promoting provide human Aberdeen network Planning, environment invaluable impacts. coastal management, for Coastal University study the As conservation exchange advice with of well Management the in particular coastal multidisciplinary legal, of the local information, by challenges processes reference research political, bridging Socioexpertise successful in coastal institutional ecosystem of management. marine capacity resources framework, development They and intend including the for to coastal sustainable provide the environment. development invaluable coastal Working insight of Strategic into with and local IFREMER, Environmental experience models is has of providing ideas the programmes, a wide to gap and faced the Assessments range between expertise and economic use by seabed Local of investigations marine tailored scientists, Economics, research, Authorities and the mapping, for social information sustainable technical, implementing environmentalists, Port and Marine training are aspects seabirds when being management and engaging of conducted ICZM and the consultancy development cetaceans ocean, and with site industries. implementing ICZM. conducted and developed expertise and of expertise in managers, stakeholders the numerous professional with and in coastal a GIS in clear education planners maritime and international zone focus training the remote marine and management. process and policy maritime services. the training. sensing. environment. policy locations. coastal of law. makers. ICZM. resources. zone

4 COREPOINT Aims and Objectives Principle Goal: Corepoint s goal is to provide targeted, practical advice to policy makers and managers by focussing research on the issues and policies that influence coastal management at regional, national and local level. Objectives Build European and local capacity to implement integrated coastal management programmes. Provide concrete solutions for current problems in the Northwest region using current best practice approaches and identify models for sustaining ICZM initiatives. Promote social and political responsibility for the coastal environment. Influence national spatial policy development in response to the EU Recommendation on ICZM. Develop an integrated coastal information management system for NWE. (GIS)

5 Cork Harbour Location and Setting Ireland Cork Harbour Unique Setting Common Issues Belfast Galway Dublin Cork Copyright Cork County Council all rights reserved - Includes Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under Osi - Licence number 2003/07CCMA/Cork County Council - Unauthorised reproduction infringes Ordnance Survey Ireland and Government of Ireland copyright - Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2004

6 Cork Harbour Issues of Coastal Management in Cork Harbour arise from the multiple utilisation of this large natural deep Harbour includes concentrations of urban centres, centres of water based recreation chemical and pharmaceutical industries location for the Port of Cork large areas of rural agricultural land protected habitats and heritage

7 COREPOINT in Cork Harbour Expert Couplet: CMRC and the Planning Policy Unit from Cork County Council The Expert Couplet in Cork Harbour works on several thematic areas. A very important aspect of the COREPOINT work in Cork Harbour is the: Capacity building for ICZM within the local authority, Facilitating the development of an ICZM framework involving all relevant stakeholders and promoting the Harbour as a resource for the community and for visitors. Research is initiated as a response to information requirements of local authorities

8 COREPOINT in Cork Harbour Several areas of research have been identified and addressed by the local COREPOINT team in Cork Harbour such as: Recreation carrying capacity, Impacts of future coastal flooding Landscape Character Assessment Studies of coastal Brownfield sites and How can GIS help the planning process?

9 Applying GIS in Cork Harbour Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide an important tool for the ICZM work in Cork Harbour. Datasets of relevance to the planning and management of the Harbour are dispersed among a wide range of organisations. There is a need to develop a GIS of Cork Harbour that can bring relevant data and information together and that can be used as a tool for forward planning and management. The COREPOINT Cork Harbour GIS

10 Applying GIS in Cork Harbour GIS is used to communicate information between the project partners as well as showing how it can be used, so that Partners can learn from each other. GIS is an instrument that can highlight conflict areas with the subsequent possibility of incorporating this information into planning for Cork Harbour. The Cork Harbour GIS provides baseline data for example in the Cork Harbour Inventory: Data was collated by CMRC Includes information on access points, manmade and natural shoreline, maritime data as well as behind shoreline land-use

11 Case study of IFI Brownfield site Irish fertilizer Industries (IFI) operated in Cork Harbour from 1979 till 2002 producing ammonia based plant fertiliser. The site is currently derelict. The area is a coastal Brownfield site in Cork Harbour.

12 Case study of IFI Brownfield site Historical land-use change Document previous industrial operation and possible impact on the natural environment and Recording of semi-natural habitats to provide site specific information concerning the IFI brownfield site on Marino Point in Cork Harbour GIS was used to collate, analyse and visualise relevant data IFI

13 Historic Land Use Change on the IFI Site

14 Historic Land Use Change on the IFI Site Reclamation of the area to the north increased the land area from ca 25 ha to ca 45 ha

15 Habitats on the present Brownfield site

16 Conclusions/Summary of IFI Case study A drastic land-use change occurred on the site between from rural to industrial, which fragmented the landscape and natural habitats were lost. In comparison the land-use change during the previous 133 years was negligible. Any new development on this site has to have its impacts assessed regarding the current landscape character and the natural habitats on the site and adjacent to it. GIS was used in this study to collate data that can be utilised for the future planning for this coastal Brownfield site. GIS was used to show the evolution of land-use change on the site. GIS was used to analyse the impacts of landuse change in the area.

17 Summary GIS plays an important role in Cork Harbour under the COREPOINT project : Supporting ICZM work in Cork Harbour Enhancing communication between Stakeholders and learning about Cork Harbour Supports sound planning decisions in the area through the collation, analyses and visualisation of relevant data Thank you

18 Contact Information Corepoint Project Website: Corepoint Manager: Jeremy Gault ( j.gault@ucc.ie ) Phone: CMRC: Coastal Marine Resources Centre University College Cork Naval Base, Haulbowline Cobh,, Co Cork Ireland cmrc.ucc.ie/ Phone: