Port Structures, Maritime Transport and Tourism

Dear Colleagues,

It is intended to address the relationship between port structures, maritime transport and tourism, in a global and local perspective, that is, world, national, as well as regional situations can be portrayed.

The execution of port structures is a matter of great interest for the professional life of a civil engineer, as it is a multidisciplinary area, which combines diverse knowledge in the areas of port equipment, meteorology, hydrology and hydraulics in general, geotechnics, structures and topography, in addition to the general problems common to planning works of this type, because they are subject to the dynamics of the tides and swells, requiring the contemplation of innumerable variables. In addition to their specific importance in the local and national economy, they all involve territorial, as well as maritime, planning management, as they are directly related to the commercial and tourist routes.

Maritime transport is the one that uses open seas as a means of passage for the transport of goods and passengers. The evolution of this is directly related to the port structures, but also to the evolution of the main dimensions of the ships and the implications arising therefrom, at different levels, namely, the increase in operational and safety requirements, the associated regulations, as well as the impacts associated with this relationship.

Tourism emerges as an economic activity and the need to identify it is beginning to be felt in order to help its understanding and characterization, that is, to define it. It is practically linked to almost all sectors of human social activity, hence the need to portray its evolution and typology.

After the exposed in the light of the bibliographic evolution resulting from the treatment related to the three major topics, port structures, maritime transport and tourism, it makes sense to jointly analyze them, in a global, national, as well as regional evolutionary perspective.

Dr. Sérgio Lousada
Dr. Rui Castanho
Guest Editors

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