Conference Goals

The coastal zone attracts many uses, such as fishery, industry, transportation, recreation and tourism, different types of development that are compatible only to a limited extent. The increased human pressure on the coastal zone carries the risk of a substantial reduction of ecosystem services, and threatens Natural Parks Natural Parks and other protected areas. Multiple uses of the coastal zone, aggravated by the existence of several property-rights create a variety of conflicts that urge to be solved, especially when different social compromises are being pursued, such as sustainability, economic efficiency and equity.
The Universidade Nova de Lisboa, the Cascais Municipality, the Cascais Energy Agency, the Cascais Atlantic Agency and the Organizing Committee, are pleased to announce the International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean (ICCCM2010), that will be held on April 11 to 17, 2010 at the Estoril, Cascais (Portugal).
This multi-disciplinary international conference is convened as a forum for scientists, engineers, planners and managers to discuss recent and new advances in scientific, technical, and socio-economic understanding of environmental issues related to coastal processes. The conference includes an interesting programme, with several field trips to the diverse and scenic coastal environment of the Lisbon area. International experts will offer a post-conference short course and thematic workshops.
It is also the objective of this conference to promote international exchange of knowledge among researchers, managers and technicians, as well as other professionals working in coastal zones conservation and management. The Conference also aims at sharing experiences and developing contacts and networks among all the practitioners.

Themes

1. Strategic Environmental Assessment in Coastal Areas

Assessment, best practices and case study reports
Methods and techniques
Indicators of sustainable development
Other indicators (governmental actions, ecological indicators)

2. Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)

Integrated approaches on estuaries and adjacent coastal zones
Integrated coastal interventions and soft protection measures
Integrated approaches on coastal streams and coastal zones
Waterfront regeneration and city-port relationship
Governing and governance. Capacity building
Coastal observatory and spatial data infrastructures for coastal environments
Local Agendas 21 and public participation process
Socio-economic costs and benefits of ICZM
Adaptation to risks and the impacts of climate change

3. The Sea

Marine spatial planning (MSP)
Coastal laws, their application and associated problems
Sea and coastal pollution
Transport and coastal pollution
Civil protection
Ocean energy

4. Living with Erosion

Erosion versus land use
Sedimentary budgets and coastline evolution
Storms and consequences
Coastal erosion indicators
Coastal restoration & mitigation

5. Tourism and Coastal Conservation

Tourism and natural areas
Tourism and coastal hazards
Good practices for tourism on coastal zones
Defining, measuring and evaluating the carrying capacity of tourism
Towards quality of coastal tourism: integrated quality management of coastal tourist destinations
Environmental Planning of Coastal Resorts
Coastal Greenways

Important dates

1st June 2009	Pre-registration opening
23rd October 2009	Abstract submission deadline
30th November 2009	Acceptance notification
31st January 2010	End of reduced fee for registration
31st March 2010	NEW DEADLINE for submission of papers for publication