A short review of the Dutch coast : Dutch contribution to the report of the project CORINE 'coastal erosion' of the Commission of the European Communities

The programme CORINE (COordination of INformation on the Environment) is a programme for the gathering, coordinating and ensuring of the environment and natural sources in the Community. The objective of the project 'coastal erosion' as a part of the CORINE-programme, is to provide a cartography and a database of the risks of coastal erosion in the Community. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is used. It is an interlocking system of territorial units at three levels.