Innovative Strategies for Coastal Risk Monitoring, Modelling and Management

Dear Colleagues,

The management of coastal risk from erosion and flooding in order to ensure protection of the land, the touristic exploitation of beach use, and any possible use in blue economy requires deep knowledge of the drivers and possible mitigation strategies.

The construction of infrastructure (piers, docks, breakwaters, and other conventional hard structures), while protecting the territory, can interfere with the coastal circulation and sediment transport, sometimes shifting the problem of erosion to the neighboring coasts; the destruction of the dunes and other anthropogenic modifications to the beach further limit the adaptability of the beach system and amplify the risk of erosion and flooding of the coastal land.

Besides conventional coastal protection strategies, several new approaches and technologies are being developed to protect the coast in a more sustainable way that can integrate social, economic, and environmental objectives. The availability of high-resolution numerical models helps in enhancing these approaches as well as in selecting the best strategy. The availability of modern, low-cost monitoring technologies also offers useful tools to decision-makers to monitor the effectiveness and relative benefits of each approach in relation to the environmental characteristics and hydrography of the target areas.

In the above context, this Special Issue invites original scientific contributions on topics including:

• Coastal monitoring technologies.
• Coastal risk analysis.
• Unconventional coastal defense strategies (ejectors in the sea, beach reshaping, etc.) and innovative nature-based solutions
• Unconventional artificial coastal structures, studied by means of numerical modelling, laboratory tests, and prototypes observation.
• Coastal numerical modelling.
• Impact assessment in management strategies.
• Climate change.

Research articles, review articles and case studies are welcome; interdisciplinary contributions considering physical, ecological, and technological aspects are particularly encouraged.

Prof. Dr. Renata Archetti
Prof. Dr. Leonardo Damiani
Guest Editors

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