Tidal River Development

Programme 2007 - 2013 North Sea Region

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Description

Description (EN):

TIDE considers tidally influenced NSR estuaries with large sediment transportation, which are used as shipping channels to large harbours. The ecosystem services of intertidal and shallow estuarine habitats are threatened and need to be considered to ensure economic benefits and the maintenance of ecologically important areas. At the same time decision-makers at these estuaries are faced with an increasingly challenging legal and global economic framework. TIDE will lead the path towards a more sustainable and effective use of large scale investments made into mitigation and compensation measures in NSR estuaries by applying for the first time a unified ecosystem approach to guide the process of integrated participatory management planning. Thus TIDE will not only improve the effectiveness of European, national and regional policy and provide instruments for regional development, but will make an essential contribution towards a more sustainable and effective use of investment into North Sea estuaries – since their planning will be based on a unified assessment concept and integrated management planning procedures.

Achievements (EN):

TIDE considered tidally influenced North Sea Region estuaries with large sediment transportation, which were used as shipping channels to large harbours. The ecosystem services of intertidal and shallow estuarine habitats were threatened and needed to be considered to ensure economic benefits and the maintenance of ecologically important areas. At the same time, decision-makers at these estuaries were faced with an increasingly challenging legal and global economic framework. TIDE led the path towards a more sustainable and effective use of large scale investments made into mitigation and compensation measures in North Sea Region estuaries by applying for the first time a unified ecosystem approach to guide the process of integrated participatory management planning. Thus TIDE not only improved the effectiveness of European, national and regional policy and provided instruments for regional development, but made an essential contribution towards a more sustainable and effective use of investment into North Sea estuaries - since their planning would be based on a unified assessment concept and integrated management planning procedures. Documents Management of Estuaries. The need to understand nature and society Morphological management of estuaries "Comparative Analysis of Sediment Management- Strategies in the Estuaries of Humber, Scheldt, Elbe and Weser" Understanding TIDE TIDE Summary Report: Towards integrated management The Potential Alternative Uses of Dredged Material in the Humber Estuary Sediment relocation to shallow water near Walsoorden sandbar Secondary channels in European estuaries Restoration of a tidal foreland in the Werderland region (English) Restoration of a tidal foreland in the Werderland region (German) Mitigation measures in the estuary mouth Management measures analysis and comparison Hard Substrate Habitats Outer Weser Estuary (German) Hard Substrate Habitats Outer Weser Estuary (English) Evaluation of the sediment-trap near Wedel Dredging and disposal strategies of the Weser estuary Dredging and disposal strategies of the Scheldt estuary Dredging and disposal strategies of the Humber estuary Dredging and disposal strategies of the Elbe estuary Anabranch revitalization lower Weser estuary The tidal Elbe - a people's perspective Legislative Drivers & Sectoral Plan Review of TIDE Estuaries Environmental Impact Assessment and Appropriate Assessment - Evaluation of assessment tools and methods, Lot 2: Analysis of case studies in port development projects in European estuaries Environmental Impact Assessment and Appropriate Assessment - Evaluation of assessment tools and methods, Lot 1: Legal and procedural aspects of the EU Directives Development / implementation of a new communication concept Analysis of the TIDE Estuarine Conflict Martice Zonation of the TIDE estuaries Shallow water areas in North Sea estuaries. Changing patterns and sizes of habitats influenced by human activities in the Elbe, Humber, Scheldt and Weser Scheldt Estuary Evaluation Methodology Sand balance approach Moneos: Integrated Monitoring of the Scheldt Estuary Modelling the oxygen budget of the Elbe-Estuary Manual for valuation of ecosystem services in estuaries Interestuarine comparison: Hydro-geomorphology Ecosystem Service Assessment of TIDE Estuaries Determinants of bird habitat use in TIDE estuaries Comparison of Hydrodynamics and Salinity of TIDE Estuaries An interestuarine comparison for ecology in TIDE TIDE Facts: A New Sediment Disposal Strategy for the Scheldt TIDE Facts: The Weser Estuary TIDE Facts: The Humber Estuary TIDE Facts: The Elbe Estuary TIDE Times Issue 01 (German) Flyer TIDE English For more information please visit: http://archive.northsearegion.eu/ivb/projects/details/&tid=116&back=yes

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Expected Results (EN):

• Create same level of understanding among regional & international partners • Set up of regional estuary working groups (REWG) • SWOT analysis in each estuary as basis for future activities - areas for improvement identified • Devise Specific Roadmap for an Integrated Estuarine Management Plan for each demo area (SRIEMP): activity plan for project period and beyond • Convince policy makers: Harmonized starting point for future estuary management • Refined SRIEMP produced for each estuary • Stronger involvement of stakeholders & general public in all estuaries • Improve knowledge on morphological and ecological interrelation – diminish return of dredged material into estuary • TIDE Measure Box available to other estuary managers, experts and decision-makers • Basis laid for estuary specific tasks and comparative analyses • Further development of tools, measures, governance structures – TORs for joint guidelines

Thematic information

Water management Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Sustainable management of natural resources

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Hamburg Port Authority

Address: Neuer Wandrahm 4, 20457 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz

Name: Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz

Address: Ratsherr-Schulze-Str. 10, 26122 Oldenburg, Germany

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Freie Hansestadt Bremen

Name: Freie Hansestadt Bremen

Address: Der Senator fur Wirtschaft und Hafen, Zweite Schlachtpforte 3, 28195 Bremen, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Rijkswaterstaat

Name: Rijkswaterstaat

Address: Zuiderwagenplein 2 / P.O. Box 17, 8200 AA Lelystad, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

University of Bremen

Name: University of Bremen

Address: FB5 Geochemie und Hydrogeologie, Klagenfurther Strasse, 28334 Bremen, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Universiteit Antwerpen

Name: Universiteit Antwerpen

Address: Campus Drie Eiken, Dept Biologie, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Flemish Authorities, Department of Mobility and Public Works

Name: Flemish Authorities, Department of Mobility and Public Works

Address: Tavernierkaai 3, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Antwerp Port Authority

Name: Antwerp Port Authority

Address: Entrepotkaai 1, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies, University of Hull

Name: Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies, University of Hull

Address: IECS, Rother Building, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, HU67RX Hull, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

Environment Agency

Name: Environment Agency

Address: Viking Close 1, Great Gutter Lane East, Willerby, HU106DZ Hull, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

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Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency

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Hamburg Port Authority

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City of Bremen

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Rijkswaterstaat

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University of Bremen

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University of Antwerp

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Flemish Authorities, Department of Mobility and Public Works

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Antwerp Port Authority

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Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies, University of Hull

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Environment Agency

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Summary

Project name (EN): Tidal River Development

Project acronym: TIDE

Project start date: 2010-01-01

Project end date: 2012-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 731 480.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 865 740.00

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2007 - 2013 North Sea Region

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2015-12-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

78 / 78 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 021 / 1 021 (100%)

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