Sea Level Rise and Related Hazards Assessment

Dear Colleagues,

The global mean sea level is rising at a rate of about 4 mm per year and it is expected to rise by more than one meter by the end of this century, representing a hazard factor for many populations living in coastal plains and low-lying islands. Maritime cities, coastal infrastructures, heritage sites and natural areas are at risk of inundation in the next decades under the effects of the global warming. In addition, natural or human-induced land subsidence can locally accelerate the effects of sea level rise along specific continental and insular coasts, thus exacerbating land flooding.

Data produced during observations from space, the air and the ground provide high-accuracy data sets that support the realization of relative sea level rise projections and detailed flooding scenarios when in combination with climatic projections and high-resolution digital elevation models of the coastal zone.

Furthermore, new technological advances in data acquisition and the production of very high-resolution and high-accuracy data are very powerful tools for studying the effects of sea level rise and extreme events in coastal zones.

This Special Issue of The Journal of Marine Science and Engineering aims to summarize new insights and benefits that derive from the use of multiple data, focusing on global and relative sea level rise and its impacts along the coasts. Advancements in the methodologies, techniques and data processing are primarily expected in the following areas:

• Sea level trends from space observations and tide gauge data;
• Land uplift and subsidence detected from geodetic networks and InSAR data, to identify coastal zones more prone to accelerated sea level rise;
• Impact of extreme marine events (storm surges and tsunamis) and flooding extents in coastal areas in sea level rise conditions;
• Generation of very high-resolution and accuracy DEMs in coastal areas for flooding scenarios applications;
• Impacts of sea level rise on coastal cities, infrastructures (e.g., harbors, tourism, etc.), agriculture, coastal erosion, heritage sites and natural areas;
• Natural based and conventional coastal protection solutions to mitigate sea level rise in specific zones;
• Any other application to sea surface dynamics and coastal studies.

Dr. Marco Anzidei
Dr. Tommaso Alberti
Guest Editors

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• sea level rise
• vertical land movements
• coastal flooding
• extreme events
• coastal erosion
• coastal adaptation
• coastal protection
• coastline position
• digital elevation models