Sustainable Management in Coastal Areas and Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change Risks
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 18 July 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: climate change vulnerability and adaptation; coastal and estuarine areas; climate risks; interdisciplinary climate studies; global environmental change
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Interests: climate change vulnerability; coastal and estuarine areas; climate risks; cumulative impacts; coastal landforms; satellite imagery applications
Interests: sea level rise; coastal and estuarine areas; climate risks; extreme weather events
2. Facultad de Humanidades y Educación, Universidad Privada Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacín (URBE), Prolongación Circunvalación 2, Maracaibo 4002, Venezuela
Interests: climate change adaptation; socio-environmental climate studies; artificial intelligence applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coastal zones include lagoons, estuaries, cliffs, beaches, and dunes. Similar to the world’s most densely populated regions, coastlines are facing the impacts of climate change and ENSO-related variability, including sea level rise, warming, extreme weather events, flooding, and ocean acidification. In addition to these increasing climate-related stressors, human activities—including urbanisation, pollution, and biodiversity loss—have significantly impacted these fragile systems over the past few decades, affecting infrastructure, communities, habitats, and key economic sectors. Small Island Developing States (SIDSs) are particularly at risk.
Coastal systems can be resilient if they are allowed to recover from natural and human disturbances. Enhancing resilience requires innovative management, including nature-based solutions, community fisheries, and integrated approaches that consider ecosystem dynamics, human influences, and the roles of stakeholders. As coastlines are complex systems, global collaboration among researchers is essential for effective management.
We invite you to contribute to the development of effective solutions by submitting your manuscripts on climate change vulnerability, risks, impacts, adaptation, resilience, or coastal management. This Special Issue invites original research, reviews, and case studies on community efforts, government action, and technology. Please review our guidelines and upload your work via the submission portal. By contributing, you directly support progress in addressing pressing coastal challenges. Submit today and help drive impactful change.
Dr. Gustavo Nagy
Dr. Isabel C. Olivares
Dr. José E. Verocai
Dr. Isaías Lescher Soto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coasts
- climatic risks
- adaptation
- resilience and sustainability
- estuaries
- blue carbon
- vulnerability
- cumulative impacts
- nature-based solutions
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