Environmental Earth Sciences - Call for Papers
Earth Surface Processes and Environment in a Changing World: Sustainability, Climate Change and Society
Guest Editors: Alberto Gomes, Horácio García, Alejandro Gomez, Helder I. Chaminé
Earth surface processes, climatic change and land-use change are key issues worldwide. Sustainability is often highlighted across the natural, environmental, and social sciences, plus the effects on the natural systems and georesources. Human impacts to ecosystems exemplify the most unexpected and extensive forms of direct environmental change. In addition, modes of reaction will be introduced which indirectly involve geomorphic, geological, hydrological, climatic, ecological, and societal systems changes over spatial and temporal scales. In that view, geomorphology contributes decisively for a sustainability dimension by focusing on geological, hydrological, fluvial, cryospheric, and coastal processes. Thus, geomorphological investigations are based in the nexus processes – environment – society. This Topical Collection encourages submission of original manuscripts focused on the dynamics of coupled earth surface processes and the environment which underline the interlinkages with earth sciences, environmental sciences, water resources, natural resources, geohazards, geoheritage, and geoethics.
Highlights of the Topical Collection will:
- Improve readers’ understanding on the interconnected multidisciplinary fields of geomorphology, earth sciences, environmental sciences, land use management, water resources, coastal zones, geohazards, sustainable natural resources and geoheritage.
- Enhance the understanding of geomorphology and geological implications in model regions that exemplify how to understand the earth surface processes in a dynamic environment that shapes the development of the landscapes, sustainable natural resources management and societal impacts within a changing world.
- Discuss the latest advances in earth surface processes and the environment from diverse backgrounds and highlight the role of climate change drivers, sustainability issues and societal pressures in natural systems.
- Underline the role of applied geomorphology, mapping and natural hazards on the climate variability trends and engineering design.