TIDE considers tidally influenced NSR estuaries with large sediment transportation, which are used as shipping channels to large harbours. The ecosystem services of intertidal and shallow estuarine habitats are threatened and need to be considered to ensure economic benefits and the maintenance of ecologically important areas. At the same time decision-makers at these estuaries are faced with an increasingly challenging legal and global economic framework. TIDE will lead the path towards a more sustainable and effective use of large scale investments made into mitigation and compensation measures in NSR estuaries by applying for the first time a unified ecosystem approach to guide the process of integrated participatory management planning. Thus TIDE will not only improve the effectiveness of European, national and regional policy and provide instruments for regional development, but will make an essential contribution towards a more sustainable and effective use of investment into North Sea estuaries – since their planning will be based on a unified assessment concept and integrated management planning procedures. Achievements: TIDE considered tidally influenced North Sea Region estuaries with large sediment transportation, which were used as shipping channels to large harbours. The ecosystem services of intertidal and shallow estuarine habitats were threatened and needed to be considered to ensure economic benefits and the maintenance of ecologically important areas. At the same time, decision-makers at these estuaries were faced with an increasingly challenging legal and global economic framework.TIDE led the path towards a more sustainable and effective use of large scale investments made into mitigation and compensation measures in North Sea Region estuaries by applying for the first time a unified ecosystem approach to guide the process of integrated participatory management planning.Thus TIDE not only improved the effectiveness of European, national and regional policy and provided instruments for regional development, but made an essential contribution towards a more sustainable and effective use of investment into North Sea estuaries - since their planning would be based on a unified assessment concept and integrated management planning procedures.DocumentsManagement of Estuaries. The need to understand nature and societyMorphological management of estuaries"Comparative Analysis of Sediment Management- Strategies in the Estuaries of Humber, Scheldt, Elbe and Weser"Understanding TIDETIDE Summary Report: Towards integrated managementThe Potential Alternative Uses of Dredged Material in the Humber EstuarySediment relocation to shallow water near Walsoorden sandbarSecondary channels in European estuariesRestoration of a tidal foreland in the Werderland region (English)Restoration of a tidal foreland in the Werderland region (German)Mitigation measures in the estuary mouthManagement measures analysis and comparisonHard Substrate Habitats Outer Weser Estuary (German)Hard Substrate Habitats Outer Weser Estuary (English)Evaluation of the sediment-trap near WedelDredging and disposal strategies of the Weser estuaryDredging and disposal strategies of the Scheldt estuaryDredging and disposal strategies of the Humber estuaryDredging and disposal strategies of the Elbe estuaryAnabranch revitalization lower Weser estuaryThe tidal Elbe - a people's perspectiveLegislative Drivers & Sectoral Plan Review of TIDE EstuariesEnvironmental Impact Assessment and Appropriate Assessment - Evaluation of assessment tools and methods, Lot 2: Analysis of case studies in port development projects in European estuariesEnvironmental Impact Assessment and Appropriate Assessment - Evaluation of assessment tools and methods, Lot 1: Legal and procedural aspects of the EU DirectivesDevelopment / implementation of a new communication conceptAnalysis of the TIDE Estuarine Conflict MarticeZonation of the TIDE estuariesShallow water areas in North Sea estuaries. Changing patterns and sizes of habitats influenced by human activities in the Elbe, Humber, Scheldt and WeserScheldt Estuary Evaluation MethodologySand balance approachMoneos: Integrated Monitoring of the Scheldt EstuaryModelling the oxygen budget of the Elbe-EstuaryManual for valuation of ecosystem services in estuariesInterestuarine comparison: Hydro-geomorphologyEcosystem Service Assessment of TIDE EstuariesDeterminants of bird habitat use in TIDE estuariesComparison of Hydrodynamics and Salinity of TIDE EstuariesAn interestuarine comparison for ecology in TIDETIDE Facts: A New Sediment Disposal Strategy for the ScheldtTIDE Facts: The Weser EstuaryTIDE Facts: The Humber EstuaryTIDE Facts: The Elbe EstuaryTIDE Times Issue 01 (German)Flyer TIDE EnglishFor more information please visit: http://archive.northsearegion.eu/ivb/projects/details/&tid=116&back=yes