Integrated maritime policy for the European Union - consolidating coastal and marine information to support maritime spatial planning

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Meiner, Andrus ^a  

^a EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coastal atlases; EU maritime policy; GIS; Indicators; Maritime spatial planning

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; ATLAS; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; GIS; MARINE POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SPATIAL PLANNING;

EID: 77649238320     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-009-0077-4     Document Type: Article

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