Spatial planning in European coastal zones : a review of approaches in spatial planning, coastal policy and coastal defence

Within the context of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Poland and the Netherlands, a project was initiated by the Dutch Institute of Coastal and Marine Management (RIKZ) to make a survey of coastal planning practices in the European Union and the Baltic region. The main goal of this report is to make sure that all summarising documents that deal with this problem are located and a coarse image of the coastal zone management situation is obtained. In a second fase a more detailed analysis will be performed which should provide information that can be utilised to improve the coastal planning and management strategies of Poland and the Netherlands.