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ECS-SS1 | COASTAL VULNERABILITY IN A CHANGING CLIMATE


Theme:
Estuaries, Coasts and Seas (ECS)

Short description on the session:
Coastal zones may be the most sensitive areas to be impacted by climate change environmentally and socioeconomically. Topics include, among others:
  • Monitoring, modelling and assessment of coastal vulnerability.
  • Changing climate effect on coastal management.
  • Assessment and design of coastal structures in a changing climate.
  • Nature-based solutions for coastal flooding mitigation and coastal erosion control.



Conveners: 
Athanassios DIMAS, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Email: adimas@upatras.gr, Phone: +30 2610996518

Theofanis KARAMBAS, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Email: karambas@civil.auth.gr, Phone: +30 2310995805

Useful information: 
Duration of session:
2 hours
Duration of oral presentation: 15 minutes (12 presentation + 3 discussion)
Total number of presentations: 6 - 8
Length of abstract: 2 pages, following the template of the Congress
Special issue on a journal: Yes, by the Convener; it can be supported by the Organizing Committee