Overview
![](/assets/images/picto-drapeau-france-3a76576a5d60a512053b4612ab58dae5.png)
ABSTRACT
Inspired from Nature Based Solutions, eco-design of maritime infrastructures is one of the pragmatics, technically and economically, responses to achieve legal mitigation objectives, adapted to each environment and aesthetically concerns to the natural underwater landscapes. This article presents the bases for the realization of eco-designed maritime infrastructures functional and efficient in terms of civil engineering and ecology, to enhance its integration into coastal or marine ecosystems. The original methodological approach, for the realization of eco-designed projects, is supported by concrete examples. The development of maritime territories is depicted from the perspective of ecological transition and additional biological conservation targets supported by human infrastructures.
Read this article from a comprehensive knowledge base, updated and supplemented with articles reviewed by scientific committees.
Read the articleAUTHORS
-
Sylvain PIOCH: PhD in Geography and Planning, Senior Lecturer, Ecological Engineer (AFIE), EA Laboratoire de Géographie et d'Aménagement de Montpellier (LAGAM), Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, France
-
Jean-Claude SOUCHE: Doctorate in mechanical and civil engineering, civil and marine engineer - Mechanics and Civil Engineering Laboratory (LMGC), University of Montpellier, DMS, IMT Mines Alès, France
INTRODUCTION
The very serious loss of global biodiversity is concomitant with the Anthropocene, the new geological era in which mankind has become the main actor in the pressures on ecosystems. In this respect, the latest IPBES report makes a dramatic assessment of the state of biodiversity in the 200 years since the start of the industrial era: mankind has altered 75% of the land, 66% of the oceans and destroyed over 85% of wetlands. Consequently, our future on this unique planet will depend on our ability to immediately halt these impacts. Faced with this dramatic and anxiety-provoking situation for the younger generations, mankind needs to halt, or at least significantly slow down, the well-known causes of this predicted catastrophe: (1) land artificialisation and use, (2) resource exploitation (fishing, forestry, etc.), (3) climate change, (4) pollution (plastics at sea, etc.) and (5) invasive species in ecosystems. .
IPBES is the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
Artificialization and land use resulting from regional planning is the major problem. In addition to the intensive agricultural model, it is urban planning choices and their consequences that are penalizing us, as they generate an almost irreversible artificialization of natural environments (urban sprawl, port areas, industrial zones and transport infrastructures). Coastal areas are paying a high price for this rampant, uncontrolled development. Indeed, eight of the world's ten megacities are located on the coast, and the surface area of seascapes impacted by these developments is estimated at between 1 and 3.4 million km 2 in 2018, with a 50-70% increase forecast between now and 2028. .
And in France? Between 2000 and 2006, the construction of...
Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!
You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!
Already subscribed? Log in!
![](/assets/images/logo-eti-286623ed91fa802ce039246e516e5852.png)
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference
KEYWORDS
eco-design | nature-based solutions | coastal planning | eco-engineering
This article is included in
Water technologies
This offer includes:
Knowledge Base
Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees
Services
A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources
Practical Path
Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills
Doc & Quiz
Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading
Ecodesign of marine structures: from theory to applied examples
Bibliography
Standards and norms
(Non-exhaustive list)
- Environmental management – Lifecycle analysis – Principles and framework. - ISO 14040 - 2006
- Environmental management systems – Guidelines for integrating ecodesign. - ISO 14006 - 2020
Regulations
(non-exhaustive list)
Law no. 76-629 of July 10, 1976 on nature protection (JORF of July 13, 1976).
Law no. 85-704 of July 12, 1985 on public contracting and its relationship with private contracting (JORF of July 13, 1985).
Law no. 2016-1087 of August 8, 2016 for the reconquest of biodiversity, nature and landscapes (JORF no. 0184 of August 9, 2016)....
Directory
Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
AFIE (Association française interprofessionnelle des écologues) :
AUGC (Association universitaire de génie civil) :
IPBES...
Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!
You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!
Already subscribed? Log in!
![](/assets/images/logo-eti-286623ed91fa802ce039246e516e5852.png)
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference