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Organizers: Wessex Institute of Technology
Description:
Coastal Environment 2002 will address the subjects of monitoring, analysis, and
modelling of coastal regions including, air and ground phenomena. The fourth in this
international series, the conference will focus on topics which need to be recognised
in order to prevent, alleviate or minimise environmental problems, allowing a balanced
use of the coastal regions as a common resource around the world.
As population growth and industrial and tourist activity development continues in coastal zones, the environmental stress on near-shore water, air and ground increases. Due to the ecological, social, economic and cultural interests within the coastal zone, almost all activities or actions within this area generate conflicts amongst different interested parties such as users, landowners, engineers, ecologists, economists and politicians. Effective strategies for management should therefore consider the coast as a dynamic, integrated system in which inputs, outputs and re-circulation of matter and energy control the environmental quality.
This successful conference series, which places great emphasis on the practical applications of computer modelling of seas and coastal areas around the world, first started in 1996 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and continued in Cancun, Mexico (1998) and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (2000).
Date received: November 12, 2001
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