AOGS 2012 - Coastal change: the response of coasts to sea-level changes, geological processes and catastrophic events

IAG WG GEOMORPH-X gives its sponsorship to the "Coastal change: the response of coasts to sea-level changes, geological processes and catastrophic events" session organised at AOGS, Singapore August 2012. Abstract submission opened Jan 15th.
Session number :OS14 - Ocean Sciences
Convenors: Adam Switzer, James P. Terry, Ben Horton, Robert Weiss
http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2012 


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 (e.g. 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, 2010 Chile tsunami, 2011 Tohoku tsunami, 2005 Hurricane Katrina, 2008 Cyclone Nargis) has placed significant socioeconomic relevance on the understanding of human-land-ocean interaction and coastal dynamics. A crosscutting 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 temporal and spatial scales. Such works are 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).