Published: 2025-10-16

Defining safe investment boundaries in coastal areas: A planning tool for sustainable shoreline management

Paulina Pałasz-Lange , Anna Golędzinowska
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum
Section: Articles
https://doi.org/10.31648/aspal.11112

Abstract

Motives: Due to human activities, shoreline transformation processes are accelerating. The existing policy to protect them often results in costly and inefficient public investments that protect private investments. Such a policy is not only questionable in terms of the rationality of public spending but also fuels a vicious circle—further investments accelerate erosion.
Aim: The objective of the study is to formulate guidelines for determining safe investment boundaries, grounded in the analysis of scientific research, legal frameworks, and case studies.
Results: The study has made it possible to formulate criteria for defining the safe investment boundaries in coastal areas, develop a set of recommendations for effectively implementing this tool, and contribute to rationalising investment processes in coastal areas.

Keywords:

coastal areas, shoreline, shore, spatial planning, integrated coastal management

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Pałasz-Lange, P., & Golędzinowska, A. (2025). Defining safe investment boundaries in coastal areas: A planning tool for sustainable shoreline management. Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum, 24(3), 423–448. https://doi.org/10.31648/aspal.11112

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