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The GIZC
(Integrated Management of Coastal Areas) is a dynamic, continuous
and iterative process designed to promote a sustainable management
of coastal areas. In a long-term perspective and within the limits imposed by natural dynamics and the acceptance capacities of the areas in question, this instrument strives to identify the best balance between the benefits associated with the following activities: economic development and anthropic use of coastal areas; protection, conservation and restoration of the environment; minimised loss of human lives and minimised damages to things; access to and utilisation of the coasts by the people. The GIZC relies on the collaboration and the informed participation of all the parties concerned, in order to determine the objectives of society in a given coastal zone at a given time, as well as the actions to be undertaken to pursue such objectives. The coastal zones and their natural (sea and land) resources perform a strategic role in meeting the requirements and the aspirations of the European citizens of today and tomorrow. Lagoons along the coast, fresh and salt water coves and estuaries, in fact, are important in terms both of food production (fishing and aquaculture) and of the protection of the environment and biodiversity. Many other indirect functions are associated with the creation of jobs, economic growth and the quality of life. Such zones, however, are contented by different users and suffer from political-institutional problems that cause conditions of progressive and sometimes irreversible deterioration. The Emilia-Romagna Region has formulated a specific guidance Plan for the integrated management of coastal areas (GIZC): the significance of this Plan is to confer continuity, consistency and vision to the set of policies needed to govern such territories according to a systematic approach. |
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