Perspectives and Challenges in Sustainable Management of Urban Coastal Areas
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2025) | Viewed by 5892
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban geography; spatial data modeling; quality of life
Interests: geomorphology; GIS; remote sensing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urban coastal areas represent the fastest-developing parts of the world, and are affected by complex and dynamic processes. While on the one hand, they are characterized by rapid urban expansion and population growth, on the other, they are faced with various increasing anthropogenic and natural pressures. The well-organized prevention and mitigation of negative consequences and the achievement of sustainable development in these vulnerable areas require efficient identification of the problems and pressures affecting them. Therefore, the main aim of this Special Issue is to publish research that improves sustainability in urban coastal areas through approaches based on either the identification of problems and pressures that currently exist in coastal areas, or innovative solutions for the mitigation and prevention of negative pressures. Since the spatio-temporal evolution of urban coastal areas is shaped by both natural and anthropogenic processes, this Special Issue will cover topics related to both the socio-economic and natural aspects of sustainability.
We are interested in research and case studies that combine innovative technical and scientific approaches with practical applications and that are focused on improving overall sustainability in urban coastal areas.
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews on the following topics:
(1) Socio-economic aspects of sustainability in urban coastal areas:
§ Demographic trends in urban coastal areas.
§ Quality of life in urban coastal areas.
§ Pollution in urban coastal areas.
§ Effects of tourism on urban coastal areas.
§ Rapid urban development in coastal areas.
§ Transportation infrastructure in urban coastal areas.
§ Sustainability of food supply chains in urban coastal areas.
§ Protection of heritage in urban coastal areas.
(2) Natural aspects of sustainability in urban coastal areas:
§ Impacts of rising sea levels on urban coastal areas.
§ Pluvial floods in coastal urban areas.
§ Vulnerability of tsunami-prone urban coastal areas.
§ The increasing resilience of coastal urban areas to climate change.
§ Disaster management in urban coastal areas.
§ Land-cover changes in urban coastal areas.
§ Beach morphodynamics in urban coastal areas.
§ Coastal erosion in urban areas.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Silvija Šiljeg
Dr. Fran Domazetović
Dr. Ivan Marić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable management
- urban coastal areas
- mitigation
- pressures
- challenges
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