Innovative Methods, Materials and Technologies for Coastal Protection and Sustainable Ports
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Environmental Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 327
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ports and coastal protection; sustainability; offshore renewable energy; artificial reefs; nature-based solutions, innovative technologies; mitigation strategies for marine-degraded/stressed ecosystems; green ports; blue economy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Background: Coastal protection structures have been built in the same way for centuries: stopping wave forces with rocks and later concrete blocks, affecting the natural sediment transport patterns but also offering shelter and space to new ecosystems and recreational areas. Today, we are becoming more aware of the real impacts of construction thanks to life cycle assessment studies, and this could make us rethink the way we build coastal protection infrastructures. Additionally, sea level rise, increasing storminess and added anthropic pressure on our coasts require us to look into new ideas to solve new challenges. Finally, multi-functionality is becoming increasingly attractive, encouraging biologists and architects to take part in design processes to attract marine life, create habitats and enhance ecosystems, as well as including recreational functions in coastal protection infrastructures or even enabling energy production from surrounding resources.
Aim and scope: We want to give space to high-quality scientific papers that promote innovation and disruption in the way we build coastal protection structures. We want to collect studies on new materials, construction processes, multifunctionalities and monitoring, marine habitat and recreational spaces and energy. We encourage cutting-edge and visionary scientific research, which can pave the way to positive contributions to today’s challenges related to our coastlines, within the topics of: artificial reefs, nature-based solutions at sea, sustainable ports, innovative construction technologies, multidisciplinary and inter-disciplinary research in coastal protection, life cycle assessment studies, mitigation strategies for climate change and marine pollution, renewable energy and the sustainable use of resources.
Dr. Lucia Margheritini
Prof. Dr. Erik Damgaard Christensen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ports
- coastal protection
- innovative construction methods and technologies
- life cycle assessment
- multidisciplinary
- mitigation strategies
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