Dear Colleagues,

Coastal areas around the globe have come under intense pressure due to multiple reasons. High population growth, urban development coupled with the construction of fish ponds, dredging, and the mining of the seashore sand for building purposes has resulted in serious environmental problems leading to loss of biodiversity, coastal submergence, flooding, and erosion due to relative sea level. Human-made environmental disasters and natural catastrophes have featured prominently in recent years. Coastal systems have not been spared, and this further affects the key role they continue to serve as the greatest economic hubs while hosting significant biodiversity. For the sustainability of our coastal environment, there is the need to utilize technology that could be used to measure and reduce hazards and vulnerability of coastal ecological systems. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing can play an important role. Remote sensing data represents a powerful tool to understand the coastal processes where the images allow a synoptic view of the area and provide relation between coastal environment and vegetation and multi-temporal information. Improved observation, process understanding and modelling of the coastal systems through integration of these tools will deliver more robust information on the timing, extent and nature of likelihood of disasters, together with the corresponding anthropogenic disturbances.

This Special Issue, therefore, calls for articles that cover applications of remote sensing and GIS that will include, amongst others, i) monitoring, mapping, tracking and understanding of the disasters affecting coastal systems, ii) monitoring the response of coastal and marine ecosystems and associated services to global and climate change including anthropogenic influence, and iii) understanding the response and resilience of coastal and marine ecosystems. The focus should also be on ecologically sustainable coastal development looking vulnerability, risks and adaptive capacity.

Prof. Dr. Yaw A. Twumasi
Dr. Brilliant Petja
Dr. Oupa E. Malahlela
Prof. Dr. Eugenio Pugliese Carratelli
Guest Editors

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• GIS
• Remote sensing
• Coastal hazards
• Vulnerability