The document provides a prediction of the hydrological and hydrodynamic drivers of the coastal processes in the cooperation area. The first part provides the generally accepted climate change forcings provided by coarse resolution climate models. A second step is focused on regional downscaling of such data, addressing and including more specifically local aspects (e.g. the influence of local winds in driving the circulation, the Relative Sea Level Rise effects, the change in fluxes within transitional areas and open-sea regions, the possibilities of detecting salt water intrusions) that are usually neglected at global scale.
Based on these results, some indications are drawn for the Coastal Zoning of hydrological hot spots, to be considered in the definition of the planning options envisaged in WP5.