Local Level Impacts of Climate Change on Low-Lying Coastal Regions of the World

Dear Colleagues,

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is a high level of confidence in the detrimental impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems. Climate change has caused significant damage and increasingly irreversible losses in coastal ecosystems. Nearly 50% of coastal wetlands have been lost over the last century due to the combined consequences of localized anthropogenic pressures, sea-level rise, coastal erosion, increasing temperatures, and extreme climate events.

Therefore, this Special Issue invites manuscripts that investigate the multi-dimensional impacts of climate change on low-lying coastal areas worldwide. Studies may apply remote sensing, geospatial analysis, and other modeling techniques such as ML, DL and XAI, etc., to enhance our understanding of this critical issue. Research may focus on the impacts of flooding on vulnerable communities and the development of early warning systems and resilience strategies against these impacts. Additionally, studies may analyze responses to sea-level-rise impacts, coastal hazards, the human footprint on coastal ecosystems and coastal erosion, etc., across various coastal geographies, considering available resources and capacities.

Prof. Dr. Shouraseni Sen Roy
Prof. Dr. Atiqur Rahman
Guest Editors

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• sea-level rise
• low-lying coastal areas
• remote sensing
• spatial analysis
• climate change
• hazards
• coastal ecosystems