Preliminary studies for the stabilization of the beaches of Gavà and Viladecans

The study analyses the evolution of the coastline and the hydrodynamic behaviour of the beach in the municipality of Gavà and the possibility of implementing a stabilization solution with a geotube similar to that used in Sète (France). It also collects environmental information and the characterization of the habitats, marine communities and sediments in this environment. Finally, it proposes a roadmap to improve and expand knowledge of the problems detected and propose appropriate solutions.

Date (Creation): 2019-12

Identifier: IDEC / estudis-estabilitzacio-platges-gava-viladecans

Purpose: The objective of the study is multiple: To analyze the behavior of the entire cell, between the Port of Barcelona and Port Ginesta, monitoring the evolution of the coastline; To carry out a coastal hydrodynamic study at a local scale in the municipality of Gavà simulating the evolution of the beach in the event of different storm conditions and analyzing the feasibility of proposing a solution with geotubes such as the one implemented in Sète; To study and characterize the environmental situation of the habitats, marine communities and sediments for the development and future implementation of solutions; To prepare a roadmap aimed at improving knowledge about the causes of the regression of the cell and the final proposal of appropriate solutions.

Owner

Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

https://www.amb.cat

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

IDEC - llocs

Catalonia
Spain
Europe

IDEC - temes

SIDL
Hub litoral

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No limitations

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No part of this publication, including the general design and cover, may be copied, reproduced, distributed, transformed, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, whether electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, recording, photocopying or other methods, without the prior written permission of the intellectual property owners.

Spatial representation type: Text, table

Metadata language: Catalan; Valencian

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Description: Spatial extent covers beaches of Gavà and Viladecans. Temporal extent refers to the date of the study.

Unique resource identifier: ETRS89 UTM zone 31 North (EPSG:25831)

Distribution format

PDF ()

Distributor

Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

https://www.amb.cat

OnLine resource: Consult and download
Access point

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Name of measure: Compliance with INSPIRE requirements (data)

Evaluation method description: The data of this dataset do not aim to achieve compliance with INSPIRE regulations. For this reason, its conformity is not evaluated and it is declared not conformant compliant by default.

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2014-12-31

Explanation: Not conformant

Pass: No

Domain consistency

Name of measure: Compliance with INSPIRE requirements (metadata)

Evaluation method description: The compliance of the metadata is evaluated using the "INSPIRE Reference Validator" web tool. The metadata is considered correct when the only errors reported are related with the main language of the metadata file. These errors are due to the fact that Catalan is not included in the list of official languages of the European Union.

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2008-12-04

Explanation: Conformant

Pass: Yes

Statement: Two datasets have been used to characterize the evolution of the coastline in the Llobregat Delta coastal range: The first dataset consists of a collection of coastlines covering the period from 1990 to 2018. They have been obtained from the digitization of aerial photos taken by the Cartographic and Geologic Institute of Catalonia. One line has been obtained by CEDEX. The available years are the following: 1990, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018; The second set corresponds to a series of beach width measurements in some locations along the Llobregat coast that have been taken monthly by the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) during the period 2001-2019.