The Fourteenth MEDCOAST Congress
on Coastal and Marine Sciences, Engineering, Management & Conservation
The fourteenth MEDCOAST Congress on Coastal and Marine Sciences, Engineering, Management and Conservation will be held 22-26 October 2019, Marmaris, Turkey.
The 14th MEDCOAST congress will provide excellent opportunities for discussing national and regional efforts in facilitating programs for Mediterranean and the Black Sea in the fields of Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP), Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) and Blue Growth (Economy).
The technical program of the Marmaris congress will include an opening and keynote session, thematic parallel sessions for oral presentations, several special sessions, a poster session and the closing session, in which the second Marmaris Declaration will be reviewed and endorsed by the participants
Congress Topics
| A. Coastal systems, Conservation issues
Geography, geology, geomorphology, sedimentology Coastal oceanography Coastal and marine ecosystems, biology and ecology Marine mammals, endangered species Conservation issues, biodiversity, exotic & invasive species Coastal ecosystems management Rehabilitation of damaged ecosystems Coastal and marine protected areas Coastal landscapes |
| B. Integrated Coastal Management (ICM)
Theoretical framework and case reports Coastal management tools and instruments, databases Coastal and marine policy, science and policy integration Coastal governance, institutional arrangements International efforts and programs in ICM Legal, economic and social issues Environmental / ecological economics Education, public involvement & NGO role, media role Evaluation of ICM impacts, coastal management indicators Demonstration pilot projects |
| C. Coastal management issues
Coastal and submarine archaeology management of ancient sites, monuments and ship wrecks Coastal wetlands, dunes, estuaries, deltas and lagoons Beaches and their management Coastal water resources and watershed management Water quality management, water and sediment pollution, land based sources, hazardous wastes, algal blooms, bioindicators of pollution and monitoring, pollution control Marine litter, solid wastes management Transboundary pollution issues, legal context Environmental impacts, coastal degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Disaster prevention, mitigation and management Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies |
| D. Sustainable development of coastal areas
Sustainable development concerns, indicators, sustainable development of coastal and marine resources Blue economy issues, Integrated Marine Policy (IMP), coastal and maritime spatial planning (CMSP) Urban development issues waterfront renovation Coastal tourism planning and management, ecotourism, recreation, marine tourism Living resources, fisheries, mariculture Marine transportation issues: oil transport Marine energy issues Siting of major industrial facilities |
| E. Coastal engineering, Modelling, Decision support systems, Data management
Coastal, environmental and ecosystem modelling Coastal hydrodynamics Coastal sediment transport and erosion Coastal processes, erosion control and shoreline management Coastal and ecocoastal engineering Water level changes, sea level rise and consequences Coastal and marine monitoring Use of remote sensing technology and geographic information systems in coastal management |
Congress Secretariat: <medcoast2019@medcoast.net>
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