GIS and web-basaed information as innovative tools for coastal zone management

This special issue titled “GIS and Web-Based Information as
innovative tools for coastal zone management” of the Journal
of Coastal Conservation, Planning and Management
(JCCPM) gathers nine of the submitted contributions to the
3rd International Conference on Coastal Conservation and
Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean (ICCCM10),
held at the Estoril, Portugal, in April 2010. The conference
was attended by 800 participants from 24 countries, providing
an expanded 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 articles in this issue stress the use of GIS and online
information from web portals as innovative tools for management
of the coastal zone. Numerical modeling applications are
used to assess water quality and coastal vulnerability.