Dynamics of the Coastal Zone
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2019) | Viewed by 36087
Special Issue Editors
Interests: coastal hydraulics; shallow water modeling; estuarine dynamics; hydropower generation
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2. Adjunct Researcher, Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria, Calle Isabel Torres 15, Santander 39011, Spain
Interests: coastal engineering; physical and numerical modelling of water waves; landslide-generated tsunamis; wave-structure interaction (wave overtopping and impacts)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The coastal zone hosts many human activities and interests, which have significantly increased in the last few decades. However, climate change may have destabilizing effects on such activities all over the world: Sea level rise and storms of increasing intensity can severely affect beaches and coastal structures, with negative consequences for coastal communities from different (e.g., ecological, recreational, environmental) points of view. These aspects need to be combined with the present scenario, where important issues, such as coastal flooding and beach erosion, already lead to large economic losses and, at times, to human fatalities.
Analytical and numerical modelling, laboratory experiments, and field campaigns are all fundamental approaches to be jointly used by scientists for an exhaustive understanding of the nearshore region. For this purpose, innovative tools and technologies may help to provide a more detailed interpretation of the coastal processes, in terms of hydrodynamics, sediment transport and bed morphology.
The present Special Issue is thus devoted to the most recent studies and advances on the dynamics of the nearshore region.
Dr. Matteo Postacchini
Dr. Alessandro Romano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Coastal region
- Surf zone
- Swash zone
- Beach erosion
- Hydrodynamics
- Morphodynamics
- Field and laboratory experiments
- Analytical and numerical modeling
- Statistical methods
- Climate change effects on coastal dynamics
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