Sustainable and Integrated Coastal Zone Management Under a Changing Climate: Innovations and Insights
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Oceans".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editors
Interests: coastal erosion and flooding; coastal morphodynamics and engineering; sediment transport and hydrodynamic processes; development and application of numerical models and tools; multi-criteria decision methods; sustainable and resilient coastal management; coastal protection design; climate change impacts; coastal infrastructure risk; Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
Interests: coastal hydro-morphodynamics; coastal engineering; numerical modeling; climate change impacts; ICZM and beach management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on advancing the scientific discussion on the resilience and sustainability of coastal zones under climate variability and change. The increasing temperatures, the accelerating mean sea-level rise, and the increasing frequency of extreme events will increase the climatic risks for coastal ecosystems, populations, critical infrastructure and socio-economic activities. The scope and urgency of these challenges calls for interdisciplinary, robust and innovative approaches to adaptation.
This SI aims to include studies on the climatic hazards, exposure and vulnerability of the coastal zones and on science-based adaptive management frameworks. Particular emphasis will be placed on the role of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in balancing ecological conservation, socio-economic resilience, and sustainable development. Contributions employing geospatial tools, climatic projections, system modeling, reviews of the existing regulatory frameworks and multi-criteria decision analysis to inform coastal policies are highly encouraged.
Further, this SI aims to bridge gaps between the sustainability science, coastal science and engineering, and policy-making. Aligned with Sustainability's mission, it will contribute to addressing challenges associated to disaster risk reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals, such as SDG9—resilient infrastructure; SDG13—climate action; and SDG14—conservation of marine ecosystems, and informing decisions for sustainable coastal futures.
Dr. Isavela N. Monioudi
Dr. Antonios Emmanouil Chatzipavlis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Integrated Coastal Management (ICM)
- coastal sustainability
- climate change
- adaptation
- coastal resilience
- sea-level rise
- coastal infrastructure
- ecosystem-based management
- decision support tools
- coastal risk assessment
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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