Project
SIMPYC LIFE04 ENV/ES/000216 - Environmental integration for ports and cities
Funding origin:
European
STRIA Roadmaps:
Smart mobility and services (SMO)
Transport mode:
Waterborne
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Freight transport
Duration:
Start date: 01/08/2004,
End date: 01/07/2007
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
The frontier between port and city has become a focal point for a wide range of tensions of an urban, environmental and social nature. Sustainable solutions to these problems are needed, contributing to a more harmonious coexistence between port and city.
One approach to this is to build a cooperative network for sharing of experience relating to integration between city and port. A similar strategy could be developed for small commercial, fishing and leisure ports found along the coastline in small municipalities.
Objectives:
The project meant to:
- Demonstrate the socio-economic importance of ports and their relationship with environmental conservation
- Coordinate environmental management processes carried out in urban environments and port areas
- Develop joint port-city environmental management initiatives, emphasising monitoring and control of noise pollution, air pollution and undesirable visual impacts
- Create awareness amongst the general public about the importance of the coastal environment and the need for its conservation.
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