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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Oceans".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2021.
Special Issue Editors
2. Hainan Institite of Zhejiang University, Sanya 572024, China
Interests: coastal hazards; marine environment; coastal engineering; numerical modeling
Interests: space geodesy; earthquake; landslide; tsunami
Interests: marine ecosystem assessment and management; marine ecological carrying capacity; marine ecological red line system; marine ecological civilization; marine spatial planning and coastal blue carbon ecosystem
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over one third of the world’s population lives within 100 km of an oceanic coast, over one-tenth of the population of all coastal countries dwell in the low elevation coastal zone (LECZ), and megacities distributed in the LECZ continue to drive coastward migration due to their rapid economic growth, pleasant living environment, and convenient transportation system. Meanwhile, however, the coastal area along the land–sea interface is exposed to disastrous hazards induced by tropical cyclones, storm surge, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, and so forth, the ongoing threats are tremendously exacerbated over coasts with a steadily rising sea level, and the projected impacts are substantially impaired by potential uncertainties in the context of global climate change. From the perspective of hazard mitigation and risk management, therefore, an insightful understanding of the driving mechanisms behind hazards, accurate description of disaster processes, and proper management for damage relief are fundamental for the sustainable development of coastal areas in the future.
The Special Issue focuses on driving forces of natural disaster including tropical cyclones (hurricane/typhoon), submarine earthquakes, submarine landslides, global warming, and their accompanied coastal hazards, such as storm surge, storm waves, tsunamis, high surge, sea level rise, extreme tides, and other hazardous forms occurring across the coast. We welcome discipline-specific, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research work, including but not limited to the investigation of source mechanisms, forecast or hindcast of catastrophic events, exploration of precursors of natural marine hazards, risk management and impact evaluation, climate change and ecological restoration to diversify the content and identify other issues around coastal engineering, naval architecture, marine environment, etc., toward building a sustainable coast resilient to coast hazards.
Prof. Dr. Yefei Bai
Prof. Dr. Kejie Chen
Dr. Guanqiong Ye
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- coastal hazards (tropical cyclone, storm surge, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, sea level rise)
- hazard mitigation and management
- space geodesy
- climate change