Elements of Management Systems in Coastal Regions

Abstract

The progress made in numerical modelling of coastal regions now allows the elaboration of more complete and realistic management systems for these regions. Such systems must however take cognisance not only of chemical and biological processes, but also of legislative and other social constraints. The feasibility of such systems is now being actively investigated. It has been found that one promising approach to management systems is to design them as Aquatic Environment Management Systems (AEMS) that will, in the first instance, drive advice servers. A specification for a complete AEMS is presented and this is augmented by functional specifications of its five principal components.

Development and implementation of environmental monitoring and information systems for water resources

“…Current advances made in the numerical modelling of coastal regions give latitude for more complete and realistic management systems for these regions. Such systems need to consider chemical and biological processes, as well as legislative and other social constraints (Abbott et al, 1991). The first part of such a management system consists of all facilities for monitoring and data acquisition.…”

“…In addition, it regularly checks the predictions of the various computational modules against the real field measurements. This checked modelling system predicts the effects of current operations and management practices, and monitors the environmental impacts of planned anthropogenic activities on the future state of the particular aquatic environment (Abbott et al, 1991).…”