Integrated Coastal Resilience and Risk Management Under Climate Change

Dear Colleagues,

Coastal areas around the world are facing unprecedented challenges due to climate change, rapid urbanization in both official and unofficial zones, rising sea levels, and natural hazards. These issues—such as changing storm patterns, increased intensity of storms, coastal erosion, varying flood risks, and ongoing infrastructure development—threaten the survival and well-being of coastal communities and their infrastructure.

Recent advancements in Earth observations, geospatial tools and analysis, nature-based solutions, and integrated frameworks offer promising opportunities for proactive and scientifically informed efforts to build resilience in these communities.

This Special Issue aims to bring together cutting-edge multi- and interdisciplinary research that enhances the understanding and management of various coastal risks in the context of a changing climate. We invite contributions that explore innovative approaches to coastal and climate hazard evaluation, GIS vulnerability mapping, multi-hazard and multi-criteria modeling, adaptive coastal planning, and decision-support systems that integrate physical, ecological, social, and technological dimensions of resilience. We emphasize the importance of multi- and transdisciplinary solutions that connect engineering, science, policy, and practice.

The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

1. Coastal vulnerability;
2. Innovative Multi-hazard coastal risk modeling;
3. Climate change and climate refugees;
4. Adaptation and resilience;
5. GIS vulnerability mapping;
6. Artificial Intelligence in coastal and climate modeling;
7. Coastal community vulnerability;
8. Policy frameworks for coastal zone management.

Dr. Komali Kantamaneni
Prof. Dr. Upaka Rathnayake
Guest Editors

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