Integrated coastal zone management in the context of COVID-19

PERILLO, GERARDO M.E.; BOTERO, CAMILO M.; MILANES, CELENE B.; ELLIFF, CARLA I.; CERVANTES, OMAR; ZIELINSKI, SEWERYN; BOMBANA, BRIANA; GLAVOVIC, BRUCE C.

OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

ELSEVIER SCI LTD

Año: 2021 vol. 210

0964-5691

With the increasing need for and emergence of research on ocean and coastal issues in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ocean & Coastal Management journal presents this Special Issue with relevant articles withinthe scope of Coastal Management in times of COVID-19. This Special Issue received 43 tentative abstracts, 29manuscripts were submitted, and finally, 12 articles were accepted. We provide a wide panorama of those twelvearticles that integrate the special issue, covering a diverse range of topics regarding coastal management in theCOVID-19 pandemic. Seven papers are studies that discuss environmental and social problems during this time incoastal zones, while the other five explore the use of technology to face COVID-19 on beaches. These twelvearticles give some insights to improve coastal management, focused on tourist beaches, natural disasters, andfisheries. In sum, this special issue offers an organized compendium of high-level articles, as a contribution toevolve towards the better ocean and coastal management within the rapid emerging of publications aboutCOVID-19.