The WATERWAYSNET project will make it possible to establish a precise study of the country areas of the Atlantic zone which are linked to water, through setting up a methodology for the integrated study of this natural heritage. The countryside itself will then become a fully-recognised criterion for the development of properly thought-out tourist activities, and above all, recognizing the value of these areas will integrate all the data which are indispensable to the management of the ecological territory. WATERWAYSNET will make it possible to give coherence to a real recognition of the value of areas linked to water. Also, it will contribute to rehabilitating the landscaping function of the riparian vegetation of watercourses, to mobilising trans-national experts (including landscapers) on this theme, as well as helping the actors and populations concerned, notably the collectivities and individuals living on the banks of waterways, and to rehabilitating these country areas.