International Conference on Coastal Cities and their Sustainable Future7 - 9 July, 2015
New Forest, UK
Organised by:
Wessex Institute, UK
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Overview
This International Conference on Coastal Cities has evolved from a series of meetings organised by the Wessex Institute in the past, dealing with the Coastal Environment, Coastal Processes and City Sustainability. It felt necessary to convene a conference dedicated to the presentation and discussion of issues related to the integrated management and sustainable development of coastal cities.
Coastal zones are the most attractive areas of the world, where land,
sea and air interact, leading to highly complex dynamic processes. The
growth of world population and the preference for living in coastal
areas has resulted in their ever-increasing development.
Coastal areas are the most common destination which brings in
economic growth but implies additional urban development and increases
the need for resources, infrastructure and services.
The strategic location of coastal cities for instance, facilitates
transportation and the development of related activities, but
this requires the existence of large ports, with the corresponding
increase in maritime and road traffic with all its inherent negative
effects.
The above-mentioned activities and others common to coastal cities
require the development of well-planned and managed urban environments,
not only for reasons of efficiency and economics, but also to
avoid inflicting environmental degradation that causes the deterioration
of quality of life and human health.
To resolve these problems it is necessary to consider coastal cities
as dynamic complex systems which need energy, water, food and other
resources in order to work and generate diverse activities, with the aim
of offering a socioeconomic climate and better quality of life.
As a consequence, the integrated management and sustainable
development of coastal cities is essential, with science, technology,
architecture, socio-economics and planning all collaborating to provide
support to decision makers.
Due to the complex nature of the problem, the planners need the
support of computational models to explore different options
and forecast future services and plans. These models seek to simulate
the dynamic of coastal cities leading to potential solutions.
This International Conference on Coastal Cities and their Sustainable
Future aims to provide a multi-disciplinary forum to discuss a
wide range of scientific, technological and socioeconomic issues related
to the development of sustainability in coastal cities.
Conference Topics
- Landscape and urban planning and design
- The coastal city and its environs
- Infrastructures and ecoarchitecture
- City heritage and regeneration
- Urban transport and communications
- Commercial ports, fishing and sports harbours
- Energy systems
- Water resources management
- City/Waterfront interaction
- Coastal city beaches
- Quality of life and city leisure
- Tourism and the city
- Coastal processes
- Water pollution
- Air pollution
- City waste management
- Acoustical and thermal pollution
- Coastal risk assessment
- Coastal flooding
- Landslides
- Emergency plans and evacuation systems
- Health services management
- Intercity issues
- Socio-economic issues
- Legal aspects
- Modelling and simulation of coastal city systems
Webpage
View the conference website, which has full details about the conference objectives, topics and submission requirements at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/15-conferences/coastal-cities-2015.html
