The International Center for Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas ≪EMECS≫in Japan and the ≪Sea Coasts≫Working Group of the Russian Academy of Science Council on World Ocean are holding this conference as "EMECS 11-Sea Coasts XXVI Joint Conference" under the theme "Managing Risks to Coastal Regions and Communities in a Changing World". Main topics of the Conference:
- Coastal systems and their dynamics (from coast to water and from water
- to coast);
- Coastal erosion and dynamical processes in the nearshore zone;
- GIS & marine spatial planning;
- Climate change in the changing world. Coastal adaptation to climate
- change;
- Construction and exploitation of hydraulic engineering structures and
- dredging in the coastal areas;
- Study and monitoring of coastal and marine ecosystems;
- Approaches to and issues of processes in the coastal areas modelling and
- monitoring;
- Interactions between coastal zone and the open sea: impact on the
- ecosystems;
- Ecological sensitivity of coastal areas: anthropogenic loads and natural
- disasters;
- ICZM – case study and new experience;
- Sustainable use and development of coastal resources: effective
- management and approaches;
- Legal and political issues of enclosed coastal seas management;
- Human resource and indigenous dimension of enclosed coastal seas
- management.
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