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A Novel Strategy for Coastal Management Under Climate Change

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Oceans and Coastal Zones".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2024) | Viewed by 2480

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Department of Geography and Climatology, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece
Interests: coastal geomorphology; coastal oceanography; climate change; coastal erosion; coastal zone management
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UOA · Department of Port Management & Shipping, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografou, Greece
Interests: coastal oceanography; integrated coastal zone management; coastal eosion; coastal zone risk assessment to climate change; spatial planning

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Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Interests: marine policy; coastal zone management; coastal zone resilience to climate change; adapt measures to climate change; spatial planning; stakeholders’ engagement in decision-making

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Almost three quarters of the world’s coastal zone is subject to coastal erosion issues, and ongoing climate change tends to exacerbate the situation. Given the environmental, social, and economic significance of coastal zones, which host over 40% of the world’s population and provide extensive and varied ecosystem services, it is imperative to establish an efficient (both adaptive and/or mitigated) strategy as soon as possible. Climate change necessitates new approaches to coastal management to ensure a long-term vision for a climate-resilient society, adapted to the unavoidable impacts of climate change. Forging climate resilient coasts imposes targeted methodologies and innovative tools to frame the problem and support solutions to adopt for implementation.

The current Special Issue, entitled “A Novel Strategy for Coastal Management under Climate Change”, aims to represent the latest advances towards safeguarding coastal environment and related ecosystem services. All issues surrounding innovative technologies, tools, or models that help to reduce uncertainty in risk assessment and that improve knowledge of emerging practices or policies that support smarter adaptation, as well as targeted decision making and systemic planning, are addressed. Therefore, research contributions centered around vulnerable coastal zones that foster adaptive capacity to climate change, regardless of geographic boundaries and scales, are welcome to be presented in this Special Issue.

Dr. Serafeim E. Poulos
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Dr. Aikaterini Karditsa
Dr. Theodora Paramana
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Keywords

  • smart adaptation
  • innovative tools and technologies
  • climate resilient zones
  • systemic planning
  • coastal zone policy
  • adaptive strategies

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Community-Based Adaptive Governance Model for Colombian Tourist Beaches: The Case of Playa Blanca in Santa Marta, Colombia
by Juan Francisco Herrera Leal, Seweryn Zielinski and Celene B. Milanes
Water 2024, 16(23), 3487; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16233487 - 3 Dec 2024
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This paper aims to present a process that led to the development of a community-based adaptive governance model for tourist beaches as a significant step toward consolidating an integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) program at the local level. This research spans 16 years [...] Read more.
This paper aims to present a process that led to the development of a community-based adaptive governance model for tourist beaches as a significant step toward consolidating an integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) program at the local level. This research spans 16 years of work conducted in Playa Blanca, Santa Marta, Colombia, from 2008 to 2024. A qualitative social research methodology was employed using content analysis as the primary technique. The Force-Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) model, the ASAS method, two expert panels, and eight community workshops were carried out as part of the study. As a result, the concept of community-based adaptive governance for tourist beaches was developed, leading to the design of a Model of Adaptive Governance based on Communities for Tourist Beaches (known in Spanish as GABCO-PLAYTUR). This model emphasizes the empowerment and active involvement of local actors. National and international experts, along with regional and local stakeholders, have validated the GABCO-PLAYTUR Model to ensure its effectiveness in beach management. When applying this model, the results indicated that the primary pressures on the Playa Blanca ecosystem were related to tourism activities. Additionally, the study revealed that inefficient coordination among the various actors involved in decision-making processes affects the socio-ecosystem. In conclusion, the relevance of the governance model in Playa Blanca was confirmed, illustrating a complex process with both progress and setbacks that evolve over time. While the community actors demonstrated high levels of organization and leadership in beach management, the role of institutions in this process was less prominent during the period analyzed. Full article
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