Assessment of Multi-scale Coastal Evolution in a Changing Climate: from Observation to Modelling

Dear Colleagues,

Coastal regions are home to approximately 40% of the world’s population, and these complex and sensitive environments are essential to human well-being and environmental stability. Coastal evolution is affected by the impacts of climate change, including rising sea levels and the increasing frequency and/or severity of storms. Coastal vulnerability depends on the combined effects of different hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes, as well as exposure to erosion and marine flooding hazards and coastal risk management strategies.

Facing these threats, understanding coastal dynamics, and developing sustainable coastal management plans require the development of accurate tools for monitoring and modeling coastal evolution, which is necessary for improving our resilience to coastal risks. These developments should consider diverse approaches using both natural observations, including air- and space-borne techniques, and modelling, ranging from equilibrium/reduced complexity to numerical models, as well as their coupling with artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. We kindly invite submissions of reviews and original contributions in this field.

Dr. Imen Turki
Dr. Marissa L. Yates
Dr. Camilo Jaramillo
Dr. Nicolas Le Dantec
Guest Editors

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