THEMATIC SESSION 04
Climate change and coastal areas management

This thematic session will address: the main issues that are currently facing coastal zone management in the context of climate change; methodologies to analyse coastline evolution and coastal/estuarine flooding; measures and actions within the adaptation strategy: structural coastal protection measures, accommodation and withdrawal measures, governance and local measures to raise community awareness through the participation and capacity building of the various stakeholders.
Coordinated by:
Teresa Álvares. Department of the Coast and Coastal Protection, Portuguese Environment Agency.
Speakers:
- Alexandra Toimil, Instituto Hidraúlica de Cantabria
- Celso Pinto, Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente
- Juan Taboada, Meteo Galicia
- Paula Freire, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
- José Francisco Sánchez, Centro de Estudios de Puertos y Costas del CEDEX,
- Sérgio Barroso, Centro de Estudos e Desenvolvimento Regional e Urbano (CEDRU)