| RPI is part of a team of 4 companies
tasked to develop a Coastal Resources Atlas and Environmental Vulnerability
Index to support coastal management and planning in the Emirate
of Abu Dhabi, through the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD). The
project objectives are to develop a product for use in coastal management
and planning as well as oil spill response for the coastal and marine
environments of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The final deliverable
will be based upon an automated information system with geoprocessing
specifications that support interoperable solutions to make spatial
information and services accessible and useful for multiple applications.
RPI’s role is to:
- Design a robust database and determine the data structure to
store the information.
- Aggregate all the natural resources existing data that pertain
to Abu Dhabi’s coastal and marine habitats.
- Classify the coastal habitats using remote sensing.
- Compile and integrate these data into a hierarchical Coastal
and Marine Resources and Ecosystem Classification System (CMRECS).
The project team will also develop the software and create the
interface for maintaining and distributing the data, as well as
provide long-term technical assistance and support to use and maintain
the system.
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