Highlights:

• Future Earth Coasts and Commission on Coastal Systems Unite for Sustainable Coastal Futures
• FEC Cyber-Coast Working Group Holds Successful Internal Meeting
• FEC-IPO Ghana Hosts Successful 3rd Biennial Conference on Fisheries and Coastal Environment
• FEC Dialogue with Female Scientists: Prof. Zhanghua Wang
• Anticipating and transforming futures: a literature review on transdisciplinary coastal research in the Global South
• Oceans and Human Society
• Environmental Consequences and Management of Coastal Industries
• Climate and mineral accretion as drivers of mineral-associated and particulate organic matter accumulation in tidal wetland soils
• The Anthropocene Obscene: Poetic inquiry and evocative evidence of inequality
• Updates from FEC Regional Engagement Partners: Continent-Ocean Materials Transfer
• Updates from FEC Affiliated Projects: Monsoon School, the Scubaverse

FEC Cyber-Coast Working Group Holds Successful Internal Meeting on December 4th

The FEC Cyber-Coast working group successfully held its internal meeting on December 4th. The meeting addressed specific issues such as establishment of the ‘Emergent Engineering’ Sub-Group, potential funding opportunities and milestone workplan for 2024, reaffirming its commitment to fostering collaboration, innovation, and sustainability in coastal cybernetics.

At the start of the meeting, Dr. Jim van Belzen presented an overview of his ideas on “Emergent Engineering” for climate resilience, emphasizing the need to rethink conventional approaches. He highlighted the complexity and adaptability of natural ecosystems, citing examples from wetlands and salt marshes. Jim proposed a shift from the typical engineering mindset, focusing on causality, collectivity, and simplicity, to an emergent engineering approach that embraces randomness, decentralization, and adaptive learning. He suggested experimenting with diverse restoration structures and studying their effects on system functioning. Jim concluded by expressing interest in forming a working group to delve deeper into these ideas and explore innovative solutions for climate challenges.

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FEC-IPO Ghana, the Centre for Coastal Management (CCM-ACECoR) at the University of Cape Coast organized the 3rd Biennial Conference on Fisheries and Coastal Environment (CFCE) from November 6 to 8, at the Mensvic Grand Hotel in Accra, in partnership with the World Bank, WACA, Feed the Future Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity (USAID-FTFGFRA), and Vulnerability to Viability Global Partnership Program, among other partners.

Distinguished participants, encompassing marine scientists, policymakers, environmentalists, and industry experts, gathered under the thematic umbrella of "Inclusive Blue Economy in Africa: Towards Sustainable Transformation and Resilience of the Marine Environment." The conference inauguration featured keynote addresses from eminent figures, notably Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, as well as Prof. Rosemond Boohene, the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC).

The CFCE preceded the inaugural lecture of the director of FEC-IPO Ghana, Professor Denis Aheto, on the theme: Our Oceans: Securing Our Common Future Through Transformative Research. The centre also commissioned the World Bank sponsored ACECoR multipurpose building which is expected to host the proposed Africa Ocean Institute, in Ghana.

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Dr. Sebastian Ferse

Abstract

Anticipation of futures using transdisciplinary approaches is critical to provide the basis for appropriate action to cope with current and future risks and to foster sustainability transformations. Coasts in the Global South in particular are subjected to severe environmental and societal challenges exacerbated by climate change. Yet, traditional research methods and epistemologies may not reflect the need for envisioning radically different sustainable futures. To gain an overview of and identify gaps in the current practices of transformational transdisciplinary research in coastal regions of the Global South, we conducted a systematic literature review of empirical English-language research articles (n = 256). Our results showed that most of the articles reviewed focused on past and current state analysis. Those articles using anticipation methods rarely analysed or established a link between anticipation and sustainability transformation. Yet, transdisciplinary and anticipation research have synergistic effects to foster sustainability transformation. A combination of these approaches may integrate pluralistic voices and values of stakeholders and foster potential alternative visions to counter unsustainable narratives. Thereby, the visions for possible futures may become more inclusive and reflective of realities in the Global South. Anticipation of the future using transdisciplinary approaches can provide a basis for adaptive management of future environmental and societal challenges. It may provide the knowledge-base which can be used to identify, reduce or prevent governance actions that result in undesirable states of the future. The inclusion of anticipation and foresight in transdisciplinary research creates the potential for achieving or progressing towards innovative and sustainable visions of the future.

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Prof. Shu Gao

In such courses, the entire knowledge system is divided into a series of different modules, each encompassing multiple courses that interweave the core concepts of the module throughout. By taking one or two courses in each module, students can achieve a multiplier effect and complete the learning of all modules in a condensed timeframe.

If we consider Earth science, including disciplines such as geology, geophysics, geochemistry, geography, oceanography, atmospheric sciences, and more. as a module, then the commonalities among its various courses are as follows: (1) extensive spans of time and spatial scales, with different controlling mechanisms at different scales; (2) multiple influencing factors in the Earth system, with phenomena exhibiting multiple interpretations; and (3) the unique value of field or on-site observations. As part of the Earth system module, this course utilizes marine science and its applications as a means to demonstrate the significance of spatial-temporal scales, system characteristics, and the importance of on-site work.

Marine science itself constitutes a complex knowledge system. Therefore, this course strives to encapsulate essential points and theoretical frameworks within marine science. Historically, principles from physics, chemistry, biology, and geology were transposed into ocean exploration, resulting in sub-disciplines such as physical oceanography, marine chemistry, marine biology and marine geology. These later merged into modern marine science, characterized by the evolution of Earth systems, global climate change, the evolution of life systems, and the methodology of data analysis.

Beyond marine science, one can also view the ocean from engineering, historical, economic, and social perspectives, involving issues such as marine economics and social development, resource environment and ecology, global climate change mitigation, maritime land and rights, and maritime law. Only by integrating marine science into these fields can effective solutions be discerned.

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Prof. Michael Elliott

About the book

Description

Environmental Consequences and Management of Coastal Industries: Terms and Concepts covers the engineering, natural and social sciences aspects related to coastal power plants and their operation and management. The book gives background to featured problems and solutions, making it relevant to power plants in all global situations and giving practitioners what they need to assess environmental consequences. In addition, the book indicates, defines and illustrates the terms and concepts used worldwide. This is important as engineers and scientists often have an imperfect understanding of the requirements of each other, and similar (in some cases identical) terms may have very different meanings.

Users will find this to be a simple and accessible guide to the terminology used and concepts covered. Individual entries are complete in themselves, but still cross referenced to other entries where additional information may be found. This provides quick-and-easy access to the required information.

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Prof. Yongming Luo

Dr. Chen Tu

mineral-associated and particulate organic matter (MAOM and POM, respectively) in 99 surface soils and 40 soil cores collected from Chinese mangrove and saltmarsh habitats across a broad range of climates and accretion rates and showed how previously unrecognized mechanisms of climate and mineral accretion regulated MAOM and POM accumulation in tidal wetlands. MAOM concentrations (8.0 ± 5.7 g C kg−1) (±standard deviation) were significantly higher than POM concentrations (4.2 ± 5.7 g C kg−1) across the different soil depths and habitats. MAOM contributed over 51.6 ± 24.9% and 78.9 ± 19.0% to OC in mangrove and saltmarsh soils, respectively; both exhibited lower autochthonous contributions but higher contributions from terrestrial or marine sources than POM, which was derived primarily from autochthonous sources. Increased input of plant-derived organic matter along the increased temperature and precipitation gradients significantly enriched the POM concentrations. In contrast, the MAOM concentrations depended on climate, which controlled the mineral reactivity and mineral–OC interactions, and on regional sedimentary processes that could redistribute the reactive minerals. Mineral accretion diluted the POM concentrations and potentially enhanced the MAOM concentrations depending on mineral composition and whether the mineral accretion benefited plant productivity. Therefore, management strategies should comprehensively consider regional climate while regulating sediment supply and mineral abundance with engineering solutions to tap the OC sink potential of tidal wetlands.

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Dr. Carmen Elrick-Barr

Abstract

Poetic inquiry is used to highlight contrasting lived experiences of vulnerability and worsening socio-ecological outcomes among Australia's fastest growing coastal communities. Our approach interweaves multiple participant voices across local and national scales to juxtapose the contrasts of inequality, enmesh social and ecological experiences, and ask reflexive questions of audiences. We offer an evocative portrayal of inequality to the growing body of work demonstrating that unequal and intensifying vulnerabilities are created and sustained through complicated, non-adaptive and hierarchical social systems. We demonstrate that poetic inquiry can interrogate complex system phenomena and broad concepts, such as the Anthropocene, to distil critical and systemic issues while retaining undeniable connections with the deeply personal implications of socio-ecological change. Hence, poetic inquiry can serve analytical and descriptive purposes towards an emotional and political aesthetic providing a compelling reorientation from more conventional modes of inquiry and representation. In this study, the misuse of power and privilege in the Anthropocene is reduced and revealed as the Obscene.

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Updates from FEC Regional Engagement Partners

Updates from FEC Affiliated Projects

○ Alarcón Borges, R. Y., Pérez Montero, O., Tejera, R. G., Silveira, M. T. D., Montoya, J. C., Hernández Mestre, D., ... & Milanes, C. B. (2023). Legal Risk in the Management of Forest Cover in a River Basin San Juan, Cuba. Land, 12(4), 842. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040842

○  Alice Newton, Michele Mistri, Angel Pérez-Ruzafa and Sofia Reizopoulou. (2023). Editorial: Ecosystem services, biodiversity, and water quality in transitional ecosystems, Front. Ecol. Evol., Volume 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1136750

○  Baumann, L., Riechers, M., Celliers, L., & Ferse, S. C. (2023). Anticipating and transforming futures: a literature review on transdisciplinary coastal research in the Global South. Ecosystems and People, 19(1), 2288957. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2023.2288957

○  Bezerra, Moisés & Goyanna, Felipe & Lacerda, Luiz. (2023). Risk assessment of human Hg exposure through consumption of fishery products in Ceará state, northeastern Brazil. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 189. 114713. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114713

○  Botero, C. M., Palacios, M. A., Souza Filho, J. R., & Milanes, C. B. (2023). Beach litter in three South American countries: A baseline for restarting monitoring and cleaning after COVID-19 closure. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 191, 114915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114915

○  Brempong, E. K., Almar, R., Angnuureng, D. B., Mattah, P. A. D., Jayson-Quashigah, P.-N., Antwi-Agyakwa, K. T., & Charuka, B. (2023). Coastal Flooding Caused by Extreme Coastal Water Level at the World Heritage Historic Keta City (Ghana, West Africa). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(6), 1144. MDPI AG. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse11061144.

○ Brendel, Andrea & Ferrelli, Federico & Echeverria, María & Piccolo, Maria & Perillo, Gerardo. (2022). PROCESAMIENTO DE DATOS SATELITALES ÓPTICOS Y DE RADAR PARA LA DETECCIÓN DE CAMBIOS MORFOMÉTRICOS: EL CASO DE LA DESEMBOCADURA DEL RÍO SAUCE GRANDE (ARGENTINA). Caminhos de Geografia. 23. 85-94. https://doi.org/10.14393/RCG238658189 

○ Carmen E. Elrick-Barr, Julian Clifton, Michael Cuttler, Craig Perry, Abbie A. Rogers, Understanding coastal social values through citizen science: The example of Coastsnap in Western Australia, Ocean & Coastal Management, Volume 238, 2023, 106563, ISSN 0964-5691, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106563

○  Castiglioni, Eduardo & Gaucher, Claudio & Perillo, Gerardo & Sial, Alcides. (2022). Marine deposits of the Chuy Formation (Late Pleistocene) and isostatic readjustments in the area of Laguna de Rocha (Uruguay). Agrociencia Uruguay. 26. https://doi.org/10.31285/AGRO.26.799

○  Celliers, Louis & Manez Costa, Maria & Rölfer, Lena & Aswani Canela, Shankar & Ferse, Sebastian. (2023). Social innovation that connects people to coasts in the Anthropocene. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures. 1. 1-22. 10.1017/cft.2023.12. https://doi.org/10.1017/cft.2023.12

○  Charuka, B., Angnuureng, D. B., Brempong, E. K., Agblorti, S. K., & Agyakwa, K. T. A. (2023). Assessment of the integrated coastal vulnerability index of Ghana toward future coastal infrastructure investment plans. Ocean & Coastal Management, 244, 106804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106804

○  Chen, Y., Deng, B., Zhang, G., Zhang, W., & Gao, S. (2023). Response of Shallow Gas‐Charged Holocene Deposits in the Yangtze Delta to Meter‐Scale Erosion Induced by Diminished Sediment Supply: Increasing Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(1), e2022JF006631. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006631

○  Cunha, J., Cabecinha, E., Villasante, S., Balbi, S., Elliott, M., Ramos, S., (2023) Defining hotspots and coldspots of regulating and maintenance ecosystem services is key to effective marine management – an assessment of a coastal-open sea gradient, Portugal. Ocean & Coastal Management, 245: 106876; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106876

○  Datta, Satabdi & Roy, Joyashree. (2022). Exploring adaptive capacity: Observations from the vulnerable human-coastal environmental system of the Bay of Bengal in India. Frontiers in Climate. 4. 1007780. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.1007780 

○  Davranche, A., Arzel, C., Pouzet, P., Carrasco, A. R., Lefebvre, G., Lague, D., ... & Poulin, B. (2023). A multi-sensor approach to monitor the ongoing restoration of edaphic conditions for salt marsh species facing sea level rise: An adaptive management case study in Camargue, France. Science of the Total Environment, 168289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168289

○  Day, J. W., Hall, C. A., Klitgaard, K., Gunn, J. D., Ko, J. Y., & Burger, J. R. (2023). The coming perfect storm: Diminishing sustainability of coastal human-natural systems in the Anthropocene. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 1, e35. https://doi.org/10.1017/cft.2023.23

○  Elegbede, I. O., Lawal-Are, A., Oloyede, R., Sanni, R. O., Jolaosho, T. L., Goussanou, A., & Ngo-Massou, V. M. (2023). Proximate, minerals, carotenoid and trypsin inhibitor composition in the exoskeletons of seafood gastropods and their potentials for sustainable circular utilisation. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 13064. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38345-w

○  Elegbede, I., Lawal-Are, A., Favour, O. et al. Chemical compositions of bivalves shells: Anadara senilis, Crassostrea gasar, and Mytilus edulis and their potential for a sustainable circular economy. SN Appl. Sci. 5, 44 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-022-05267-7

○  Elegbede, I., Zurba, M., Hameed, A., & Campbell, C. (2023). Gaps and Challenges in Harnessing the Benefits and Opportunities of Indigenous Certification for a Sustainable Communal Commercial Lobster Fishery. Environmental Management, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-023-01852-7

○  Elliott M. (2023). Marine Ecosystem Services and Integrated Management: "There's a crack, a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in"!. Marine pollution bulletin, 193, 115177. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115177

○  Elliott, M., Borja, Á., & Cormier, R. (2023). Managing marine resources sustainably–Ecological, societal and governance connectivity, coherence and equivalence in complex marine transboundary regions. Ocean & Coastal Management, 245, 106875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106875

○  Elliott, M., Wither, A., (Eds.) (2024). Environmental Consequences and Management of Coastal Industries: Terms and Concepts. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Paperback ISBN: 9780443137525, eBook ISBN: 9780443137532, pp 371. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2022-0-00268-3

○  Elrick-Barr CE, Clifton J, Cuttler M, Perry C & Rogers AA (2023). Understanding coastal social values through citizen science: The example of Coastsnap in Western Australia. Ocean & Coastal Management, 238, 106563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106563

○  Elrick-Barr, C. E., Smith, T. F., & Thomsen, D. C. (2024). Is ‘hope’helpful or a hinderance? Implications for coastal governance. Ocean & Coastal Management, 248, 106953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106953

○  Feng, Y., Tu, C., Li, R., Wu, D., Yang, J., Xia, Y., ... & Luo, Y. (2023). A systematic review of the impacts of exposure to micro-and nano-plastics on human tissue accumulation and health. Eco-Environment & Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eehl.2023.08.002

○  Foley, Aideen & Moncada, Stefano & Mycoo, Michelle & Nunn, Patrick & Tandrayen-Ragoobur, Verena & Evans, Christopher. (2022). Small Island Developing States in a post‐pandemic world: Challenges and opportunities for climate action. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. 13. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.769 

○  Fu, C., Li, Y., Tu, C., Hu, J., Zeng, L., Qian, L., ... & Luo, Y. (2023). Dynamics of trace element enrichment in blue carbon ecosystems in relation to anthropogenic activities. Environment International, 180, 108232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108232

○  Fu, C., Li, Y., Zeng, L., Tu, C., Wang, X., Ma, H., ... & Luo, Y. (2024). Climate and mineral accretion as drivers of mineral‐associated and particulate organic matter accumulation in tidal wetland soils. Global Change Biology, 30(1), e17070. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17070

○  Gallo Velez, David & Restrepo, Juan & Newton, Alice. (2023). Assessment of the Magdalena River delta socio-ecological system through the Circles of Coastal Sustainability framework. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 10.3389/feart.2023.1058122. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1058122

○  Guzmán, D. H., Mier, R. L., Vergara, A., & Milanes, C. B. (2023). Marine protected areas in Colombia: A historical review of legal marine protection since the late 1960 s to 2023. Marine Policy, 155, 105726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105726

○  Harvey N & Smith TF, 2023, 'Key lessons from new perspectives on Australian coastal management', Ocean & Coastal Management, Volume 239, 15 May 2023, 106581 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106581

○  Hawkins, S. J., Todd, P. A., Russell, B. D., Lemasson, A. J., Allcock, A. L., Byrne, M., ... & Swearer, S. E. (2023). Review of the Central and South Atlantic Shelf and Deep-Sea Benthos: Science, Policy, and Management. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An annual review. Volume 61, 61, 127-218.

○  Huddleston, P., Smith, T. F., White, I., & Elrick-Barr, C. (2023). What influences the adaptive capacity of coastal critical infrastructure providers?. Urban Climate, 48, 101416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101416

○ Lange, M., Cabana, D., Ebeling, A., Ebinghaus, R., Joerss, H., Rölfer, L., & Celliers, L. (2023). Climate-smart socially innovative tools and approaches for marine pollution science in support of sustainable development. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 1, E23. https://doi.org/10.1017/cft.2023.11

○  Laubenstein T, Smith TF, Hobday AJ, Pecl GT, Evans K, Fulton EA & O'Donnell T, 2023, 'Threats to Australia's oceans and coasts: a systematic review', Ocean & Coastal Management, 231 (published online 29 Oct 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106331

○  Li, Y., Fu, C., Hu, J., Zeng, L., Tu, C., & Luo, Y. (2023). Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Stoichiometry and Fractions in Blue Carbon Ecosystems: Implications for Carbon Accumulation in Allochthonous-Dominated Habitats. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(14), 5913-5923. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c00012

○  Li, Y., Fu, C., Wang, W., Zeng, L., Tu, C., & Luo, Y. (2023). An overlooked soil carbon pool in vegetated coastal ecosystems: National-scale assessment of soil organic carbon stocks in coastal shelter forests of China. Science of The Total Environment, 876, 162823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162823

○  Li, Yingjie & Robinson, Samuel & Nguyen, Lan & Liu, Jianguo. (2023). Satellite prediction of coastal hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Remote Sensing of Environment. 284. 113346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113346 

○  International Science Council, 2023. Global Sea-level Rise: ISC Policy Brief. Coordination: Seag, M., Contributors: Lebbe, T.B., Church, J., Colleoni, F., Elliott, M., Hinkel, J., Jacot des Combes, H., Mycoo, M., Naish, T., Post, J., Scobie, A., Stevance, A.S., Thomas, A., van de Wal, R., Webster, D.G. ISC Liaison to the UN System, International Science Council, 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75116, Paris, France. 

○  Mabon L and Kawabe M (2022) 'Bring Voices from the Coast into the Fukushima Treated Water Debate' PNAS 119 (45) e2205431119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2205431119

○  Madhanagopal, D. (2023). Local Adaptation to Climate Change in South India: Challenges and the Future in the Tsunami-hit Coastal Regions. Taylor & Francis.

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003187691

○  Mestanza-Ramón, C., Monar-Nuñez, J., Guala-Alulema, P., Montenegro-Zambrano, Y., Herrera-Chávez, R., Milanes, C. B., ... & Toledo-Villacís, M. (2023). A Review to Update the Protected Areas in Ecuador and an Analysis of Their Main Impacts and Conservation Strategies. Environments, 10(5), 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments10050079

○  Newton A, Mistri M, Pérez-Ruzafa A and Reizopoulou S (2023) Editorial: Ecosystem services, biodiversity, and water quality in transitional ecosystems. Front. Ecol. Evol. 11:1136750. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1136750

○  Ollivier, M. E. L., Newton, A., & Kelsey, H. (2023). Social-Ecological analysis of the eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay, United States of America. Frontiers in Marine Science.

○  Pauli, Natasha & Clifton, Julian & Elrick-Barr, Carmen. (2023). Evaluating marine areas in Fiji. Nature Sustainability. 10.1038/s41893-023-01136-2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01136-2

○  Peng, Ya & Sengupta, Dhritiraj & Yuanqiang, Duan & Chunpeng, Chen & Tian, Bo. (2022). Accurate mapping of Chinese coastal aquaculture ponds using biophysical parameters based on Sentinel-2 time series images. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 181. 113901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113901 

○  Pereira CI, Botero CM, Ricaurte-Villota C, Coca O, Morales D, Cuker B, Milanes CB. Grounding the SHIELD Model for Tropical Coastal Environments. Sustainability. 2022; 14(19):12317. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912317

○  Pickering K, Pearce T, Manuel L, Doran B & Smith T, 2023, 'Socio-ecological challenges and food security in the 'salad bowl' of Fiji, Sigatoka Valley'. Regional Environmental Change, 23, 61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02059-6

○  Rölfer, L., Abson, D. J., Costa, M. M., Rosendo, S., Smith, T. F., & Celliers, L. (2022). Leveraging governance performance to enhance climate resilience. Earth's Future, 10. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF003012

○  Rölfer, Lena & Celliers, Louis & Abson, David. (2022). Resilience and coastal governance: knowledge and navigation between stability and transformation. ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY. 27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13244-270240 

○  Sengupta, D., Choi, Y. R., Tian, B., Brown, S., Meadows, M., Hackney, C. R., ... & Zhou, Y. (2023). Mapping 21st century global coastal land reclamation. Earth's Future, 11(2), e2022EF002927. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002927

○  Smith, T., Elrick-Barr, C., Thomsen, D., Celliers, L., & Le Tissier, M. (2023). Impacts of tourism on coastal areas. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 1, E5. https://doi.org/10.1017/cft.2022.5

○  Taryn Laubenstein, Timothy F. Smith, Alistair J. Hobday, Gretta T. Pecl, Karen Evans, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Tayanah O'Donnell, Threats to Australia's oceans and coasts: A systematic review, Ocean & Coastal Management, Volume 231, 2023, 106331, ISSN 0964-5691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106331

○  Thomsen, D. C., Smith, T. F., & Elrick‐Barr, C. E. (2023). The Anthropocene Obscene: Poetic inquiry and evocative evidence of inequality. The Geographical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12559

○  Valenzuela, V. P. B., Esteban, M., & Onuki, M. (2023). Middle-class risk perception of disasters and land reclamation in Metro Manila, Philippines. Anthropocene Coasts, 6(1), 13.

○  van Onselen, V., Bayrak, M. M., & Lin, T. Y. (2023). Assessment of Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies in Coastal Environments of Taiwan. Journal of Disaster Research, 18(7), 700-707. https://doi: 10.20965/jdr.2023.p0700

○  Wolff M, Ferse SCA, Govan H (eds) (2023) Challenges in Tropical Coastal Zone Management - Experiences and Lessons Learned. Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17879-5

○  Yang, H., Li, X., Elliott, M. (2023). An Integrated Quantitative Evaluation Framework of Sustainable Development – the complex case of the Yangtze River Delta. Ocean & Coastal Management, 232: 106426, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106426

○  Yingjie Li, Samuel V.J. Robinson, Lan H. Nguyen, Jianguo Liu, Satellite prediction of coastal hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 284, 2023, 113346, ISSN 0034-4257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44218-023-00028-4

Anthropocene Coasts

special column

Special Collection: Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Changjiang Delta

GUEST EDITORS: 

Maotian Li, East China Normal University, China

Hualong Luan, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, China

Ling Ding, Shanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute, China

Lou Fei, CCCC-Shanghai Waterway Engineering Design and Consulting Co., Ltd, China

The Changjiang Delta is China's most economically active region, having extensive international links and a history of rapid innovation and development. However, this sustained high-intensity development has led to the degradation of the region's resources, environment, and ecology and now threatens the continued growth and development of the region. Understanding the interaction of human activities with the natural environment is central to being able address these problems and move forward in a more sustainable way. To support this endeavor, we are organizing a Special Collection entitled "Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Changjiang Delta". For this special collection we are interested in papers that address emerging issues behind the conservation and restoration of the Changjiang Delta, alongside the continued use and development of the region. We envisage that this collection will inform the debate on the sustainable development of the Changjiang Delta region, as well as providing insights that are relevant to the sustainable development of deltas around the world.

The submissions should address any of the following aspect of the river-estuarine-coastal system.

1. Eco-geomorphological response and disasters to multiple stresses.

2. Resource allocation to deliver a balanced approach to protection, development and utilisation.

3. Measures to support ecological protection and restoration.

4. Engineering and planning for sustainable development within the delta.

5. Observations, monitoring and early warning systems to support sustainable development.

6. Modelling (physical and numerical) and forecasting for delta regions.

7. Management, assessment and policy analysis to promote sustainable development.

8. Use of artificial intelligence / machine learning to support any of the above needs.

Keywords: estuarine coast; resource environment; ecological protection; disaster prevention and mitigation; engineering and planning; observation and early warning; simulation and prediction; assessment and management.

Manuscript Submission Option: Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Changjiang Delta

Anthropocene Coasts is especially interested in studies that bridge basic theoretical research and management sciences. We encourage submissions from all over the world. The page charges for this Special Collection are covered by East China Normal University.

Milestones

• Oct. 7th 2023: Call for Paper Opens; submit manuscripts for 2x independent review
• Mar. 31th 2024: Manuscript submission deadline

Milestones

• Nov.10th 2022: Decision to proceed / not proceed with SI
• Dec. 1st 2022: Open call for abstracts Opens
• Jun. 30th 2023: Open call for abstracts closes; submit MS for 2x independent review
• Oct. 30th 2023: Manuscript submission deadline

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Special Issue: Coastal hazard risk in the Anthropocene

GUEST EDITORS: 

Bruce Glavovic, Massey University, New Zealand

Robert J. Nicholls, University of East Anglia, UK

For this Special Issue, Anthropocene Coasts invites manuscripts that focus on coastal hazard risk in the Anthropocene, including ecological, cultural, social, economic, and governance (including political, administrative, policy and legal) considerations.

UPDATED MILESTONES

• Dec. 1st 2023: Open call for abstracts closes; submit MS for 2x independent review
• June 30th 2024: Manuscript submission deadline

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