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SIMWESTMED - Coordination of sectoral policies - Background document (R25)
No full textComponent: C 1.3 Support for Member States' implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning
Sub‐component: C 1.3.1 Develop and propose a conceptual methodology for transboundary MSP in the Western MED, with operational details on selected aspects
This document reviews the regional policy instruments relevant for the scope of Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) in the Mediterranean and analyses the possibility for their coordination through the MSP process, considering the ecosystem approach as the overall structuring framework. An overview of the ecosystem approach concept is given in chapter 1. Regionally available policies relevant for MSP and their links with the ecosystem approach are analysed in chapter 2. Opportunities for policy integration through MSP, using the ecosystem approach as a framework, are highlighted in chapter 3.This report/document was produced as part of the SIMWESTMED Project (Grant Agreement N0. EASME/EMFF/2015/1.2.1.3/02/SI2.742101).
PROJECT: Supporting Implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning in the Western Mediterranean region (SIMWESTMED)
Competition for maritime space – for renewable energy equipment, aquaculture and other uses – has highlighted the need to manage our waters more coherently. Maritime spatial planning (MSP) works across borders and sectors to ensure human activities at sea take place in an efficient, safe and sustainable way. That is why the European Parliament and the Council have adopted a legislation to create a common framework for maritime spatial planning in Europe. The Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 (said Maritime Spatial Planning Directive) establishes a framework in order to reduce conflicts between sectors and create synergies between different activities, to encourage investment – by creating predictability, transparency and clearer rules, to increase cross-border cooperation – between EU countries to develop energy grids, shipping lanes, pipelines, submarine cables and other activities, but also to develop coherent networks of protected areas, and to protect the environment – through early identification of impact and opportunities for multiple use of space.
The SIMWESTMED project (Supporting Implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning in the Western Mediterranean region) is an EU/DG Mare co-funded cross-border project. It was launched on 1st of January 2017 and involves Spain, France, Italy and Malta, while these countries had just designated their Competent Authorities and transposed the Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Directive. SIMWESTMED aims to support the implementation of the MSP Directive in the waters of Spain, France, Italy and Malta, as well as to establish cross-border cooperation mechanisms between these Member States, to contribute to the coherence of their marine spatial plans to be established by 2021.
The action ran until 31st of December 2018 and was based on a partnership of public bodies of the countries and two international organisations. It was composed of CEDEX, IEO, AFB, CEREMA, Shom, CORILA and its affiliated entities IUAV and CNR-ISMAR, MIT, IMELS, PA, CPMR, UNEP-MAP and its affiliated entity UNEP-MAP/PAP-RAC. Shom acted as coordinator.
The objectives of the SIMWESTMED project were addressed through a variety of activities and desktop or case studies. They are dedicated to identifying the methodology steps, and explore the challenges and opportunities of the MSP implementation in the Western Mediterranean area, including thus related to transboundary issues (Ecosystem based approach, marine policies, Barcelona Convention, Land Sea Interactions, geographical scale of the plans, data interoperability, tools to support MSP). The project led to a multiplicity of outputs including overviews of MSP relevant information related to the countries and on more focus areas, to a number of interviews and meetings where stakeholder views were collected to feed the reasoning, and to guidelines and good practices to be shared at a national and transnational level with marine stakeholders, scientists as well as planners, administrations and authorities.
In addition, SIMWESTMED permitted a lot of progression internally in the countries and regarding transboundary cooperation. It led to establish and develop new dialogues and to connect the technical or scientific actors, the stakeholders, the administrations of the countries of a same sea basin, and the administrations within the countries, including the representative of Regions. It allowed to better understand Maritime Spatial Planning mechanisms, to share knowledge and as such reached to build capacities, which is of importance as there is such a need in the Mediterranean area compared to more Northern countries. The project also permitted to address topics which have never been addressed before.
The involvement of some countries in SIMWESTMED and in the EU-DG Mare "brother" projects SUPREME, SIMNORAT and SIMCelt was useful for them to develop a global vision with their neighbours through the East and West side of the Mediterranean and in the Atlantic sea basin.
At the end of this exercise, it is stated the need of pursuing the work and dialogue in particular through common tools, but at this stage, the SIMWESTMED has constituted a common knowledge and background.
Disclaimer:
The contents and conclusions of this report, including the maps and figures, do not imply the expression of any opinion or endorsement of the participating partners concerning the legal status of any country, territory, area, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names and related data shown on maps included in this report are not warranted to be error free nor do they imply official endorsement or acceptance by any of the participating partners. This report is a working document and may rely on data from sources external to the SIMWESTMED project Consortium and, in addition to this, it may contain some information gaps. Neither the European Commission or Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises nor UN Environment/MAP Barcelona Convention Secretariat may be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained in this report
Influence of environmental conditions on sliding friction measures carried out with a skid-tester
No full textAn analysis of the values obtained with a "skid-tester", on different circulation areas for a long time, has allowed to build a mathematical model able to express the united effects of temperature and rainfalls on BPN measures for different types of pavement.
In particular it has shown an incidence of temperature which is different according to the various surface features; the influence of rain is supposed to be quite constant in all the sites, on the ground of an assessment function, able to simulate the immediate increases of BPN and its decrements in proportion to the amount of rain daily falle
Influenza delle polveri sull’attrito radente nelle pavimentazioni stradali
No full textViene presentato uno studio sull’influenza dei contaminanti, presenti nelle pavimentazioni stradali, nelle misure di attrito radente effettuate con lo skid-tester. L’analisi dei dati ha consentito di quantificare la riduzione dell’aderenza causata dall’effetto lubrificante delle polveri presenti sulla superficie stradale. In particolare è stato messo a punto un modello fisico-matematico capace di simulare gli effetti prodotti dalla deposizione delle polveri nel tempo e dalla loro asportazione a causa degli eventi meteorici
Influenza del grado di costipamento sulle caratteristiche meccaniche dei conglomerati bituminosi
No full textCon la presenta indagine sperimentale si è valutata l’influenza del grado di costipamento sulle prestazioni meccaniche dei conglomerati bituminosi per effetto delle variazioni del contenuto dei vuoti presenti nei materiali impiegati.
Al fine di ottenere un ampio intervallo della percentuale dei vuoti, e conseguire quindi un vasto spettro di risultati, sono state imposte otto diverse energie di costipamento su due miscele che differiscono soltanto per la percentuale di bitume.
La valutazione delle caratteristiche prestazionali è stata effettuata attraverso una serie di prove mirate alla determinazione della resistenza e della deformabilità dei materiali. In particolare sono state eseguite prove Marshall, a trazione indiretta, a carico costante e dinamiche
Riciclaggio degli strati superiori della pavimentazione stradale – Recycling the top layers of road pavement
No full textL’obiettivo della riduzione dell’impatto ambientale e della costruzione
di opere ecosostenibili continua a porre in primo piano il tema del riciclaggio
in ambito stradale. Nella costruzione e nella manutenzione
delle strade sono infatti coinvolte enormi quantità di materiali che potrebbero
essere sostituiti, almeno in parte, con materiali di scarto degli
stessi cantieri stradali, di costruzioni edili, ma anche di alcune attività
industriali. Il riciclaggio in campo stradale è anche uno dei rari
casi in cui, a fronte dei benefici ambientali prodotti dalla riduzione del
prelievo da cave e del trasporto dei materiali, non ne deriva un costo
ma piuttosto una diminuzione della spesa.
Tra le varie opportunità di riciclo in ambito stradale, un particolare interesse
riguarda gli strati superiori della pavimentazione in conglomerato
bituminoso.
La rimozione degli strati superiori della pavimentazione stradale produce
enormi quantità di “fresato”. Si tratta di uno “scarto” pregiato, in
quanto costituito da aggregati lapidei di elevata qualità, rivestiti di bitume,
che non dovrebbe essere conferito in discarica, né sottoimpiegato
in riempimenti, rilevati o fondazioni stradali, ma andrebbe ricollocato
negli strati superiori della pavimentazione stradale.The objective of reducing the environmental impact and pursuing
environmentally sustainable construction continues to focus on the
theme of recycling in road construction. Indeed, road construction
and maintenance involves huge amounts of materials that could be
replaced, at least in part, with waste materials from the same roads’
construction sites, building construction, as well as some industrial
activities. Recycling in the field of road construction is also one of
the rare cases where, in view of the environmental benefits produced
by reducing the extraction of materials from quarries and
transport, it does not entail a cost but rather an actual decrease in
expenditure.
Among the various recycling opportunities in the field of road construction,
those concerning the top layers of bituminous asphalt concrete
pavements are of particular interest.
The removal of the top layers of the road surface produces huge
amounts of “milled” material. This “waste” is valuable, as it consists
of high-quality stone aggregates, coated with bitumen, which should
be neither disposed of in landfills nor underemployed in road filling,
embankments or road bases, but should be relocated in the top layers
of road pavement
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