Participatory monitoring of coastal hazards
European Institute for Marine Studies – 2018
The IUEM is member of the Interdisciplinary graduate School for the Blue planet ISblue
In the continuity of the Fondation de France OSIRISC project and the OSIRISC observatory, an ISblue training project involving students from the SML EGEL master’s programme and students from ITM Atlantic has led to the creation of a smartphone application for participatory monitoring of coastal hazards (coastal erosion and marine submersion): CoastAppli.
The interest of CoastAppli is to allow everyone to measure coastal erosion and marine submersion on different territories thanks to simple and intelligible measurement protocols. By monitoring these coastal hazards, it is possible to better understand coastal dynamics. Managers, inhabitants and schoolchildren are already involved in participatory monitoring in Guissény.
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It was reported in the press
- Guissény. Participatory science at Diwan College. See the article.
- Finistère. CoastAppli, an application to monitor coastal hazards. See the article.
Conference paper
Letortu P., Ruault R., Derval J.-M., Rouan M., Millière Q., Hénaff A., Le Dantec N., Lummert C., Philippe M., Loncle N., Floch N., Ar Gall V., Chorlay D., David L., Maulpoix A., Ammann J. Can CoastAppli (a citizen science smartphone app) improve monitoring and understanding of coastal hazards to support coastal management? International Geographical Union Centenary Symposium.
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