Use cases

The coast is an area of great social, economic and environmental importance. It is also vulnerable to climate change and natural hazards. To support policies and directives, Copernicus services provide complementary and necessary information for a better understanding of the coastal zones. This information feeds many use cases related to the coastal zones in terms of climate, marine, land, emergency and security knowledge and applications. Synergies between Copernicus services showed common concerns related to sustainability and coastal zones concentrate many problematics: Land-sea interactions and water reservoir, pollution and eutrophication, marine protected areas and maritime spatial planning.

The Coastal Hub use cases are broken down into 3 first themes: Water Management, Pollution and Spatial Planning.