| Session Details | |
| Section | IWG - Interdisciplinary Working Groups |
| Session Title | Coastal Change – Investigating the Response of Coasts to Sea Level Changes, Geological Processes and Catastrophic Events |
| Main Convener | Dr. Adam Switzer (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. James Terry (National University of Singapore, Singapore) Dr. James Terry (National University of Singapore, Singapore) |
| Session Description | This session is a contribution to IGCP project 588: Coastal Change - A detailed process-response framework for coastal change at different timescales. Changes in relative sea level, coastal evolution and extreme events such as storms and tsunami are of local and global interest. Such events hinder individual well-being and intensify/enhance environmental degradation. An increased public awareness of predicted future sea-level rise combined with recent devastating extreme events (eg 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami) has placed significant socioeconomic relevance on the understanding of human-land-ocean interaction and coastal dynamics. A cross-cutting theme relevant to all time frames is the impact of humans on past and the future coastal landscapes . This session invites submissions that will assist in assessing human interactions, coastal dynamics and vulnerability at different timescales. Such works re immediately relevant to a variety of stakeholders interested in the future of coastal communities. By subtheme the session invites contributions that cover catastrophic or instantaneous events (minutes to hours); measurable and predictable changes (hours to years) for planning scale decisions (years to decades) and; geological-scale changes (centuries to millennia). |