History and Background

Waterfront area is defined generally as the area of interaction between land and water. It is always the part of a town or city adjoining a river, lake, harbour, etc., which is one of the areas largely influenced by human activities and nature process. The primarily power of attracted people on waterfronts is visual landscape effects of water on relaxation. The cities located on the banks of intersecting rivers, estuaries and deltas, generally have many long waterfronts, which increase the chance of public spaces located on the waterfront and also of these being connected to other hinterland public spaces. Meanwhile, waterfront area is also a special area being productive and biologically diverse ecosystems, which is affected by natural and anthropogenic disasters such as flooding, erosion, landslides and pollution. As a result, many waterfronts fell into disuse and some waterfronts virtually became a deserted, inaccessible and unsafe area, further separating the urban core from the water. Thus, it is highly urgent and necessary to preserve the waterfront area under climate change and human activities.

 

Aims and Perspectives

Under such circumstances, it is timely to institute a committee on Environment and Disaster in Waterfront Area. The Committee aims to (1) review the state of the art of theories and methodologies in resilient-based prevention of Environment and Disaster in Waterfront Area; (2) propose the important key scientific problem and future development direction about waterfront area; (3) help promote sustainable development of waterfront area by conducting exchanges and cooperation with government, universities, enterprises and other research institutes.

 

Chair:

Bin He, Dr. Prof., Institute of Eco-environment and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Fubao Sun, Dr. Prof., Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

 

Advisory Chair:

Fangbai Li, Dr. Prof., Institute of Eco-environment and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Kaoru Takara, Dr. Prof., Kyoto University, Japan

Srikantha Herath, Dr. Prof., Director, Envi Forecasting, Australia

 

Vice Chair:

Xiaoli Zhao, Dr. Prof., Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, China

Ceyhun Ozcelik, Dr. Prof., Mugla University, Turkey

Weili Duan, Dr. Prof., Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wenbin Liu, Dr. Prof., Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Pingping Luo, Dr. Prof., School of Water and Environment, Chang’an University, China

Yi Wang, Dr. Prof., North China Electric Power University, China

Chuanping Liu, Prof., Institute of Eco-environment and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

 

Secretary General：

Xiaoli Zhao, Dr. Prof., Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, China

Weili Duan, Dr. Prof., Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

Secretaries:

Hong Wang, Dr.，Associate Prof., Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Maochuan Hu, Dr., Associate Prof., Sun Yat-sen University, China

Siyi Zhang, Dr., Associate Prof., Institute of Eco-environment and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Beibei Hao, Dr., Associate Prof., Institute of Eco-environment and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Shan Zou, Dr. Assistant Prof., Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

 

Committee Members:

Bin He, Dr. Prof., Institute of Eco-environment and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Binayak Kumar Mishra, Dr. Prof. Pokhara University, Pokhara-30, Kaski, Nepal

Camilo Farias, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil

Ceyhun Ozcelik, Dr. Prof., Mugla University, Turkey

Chuanping Liu, Prof., Institute of Eco-environment and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Sumana Bandara Weerakoon, Dr. Prof., Univ. of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Fangbai Li, Dr. Prof., Institute of Eco-environment and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Fubao Sun, Dr. Prof., Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Harsha Ratnaweera, Dr. Prof., Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

Hendy Setiawan，Assistant Professor，Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

Hong Wang, Dr.，Associate Prof., Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Joshua Viers, Dr. Prof., University of California, Merced, California, USA

Maochuan Hu, Dr., Associate Prof., Sun Yat-sen University, China

Mohd Remy Rozainy Mohd Arif Zainol，Malysia

Ngo Duc Thanh, Dr. Prof., Vietnam National University, Vietnam

Ponthip Limlahapun, Dr. Prof., Kasetsart University, Thailand

Pingping Luo, Dr. Prof., School of Water and Environment, Chang’an University, China

Razafindrabe Bam Haja Nirina, Dr. Prof., University of The Ryukyus, Japan

Shreedhar Maskey, Dr. Associate Prof., IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Netherlands

Siyi Zhang, Dr., Associate Prof., Institute of Eco-environment and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Srikkantha Herath, Dr. Prof., Director, Envi Forecasting, Australia

Van Thanh Van Nguyen, Dr. Prof., Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, Canada

Weili Duan, Dr. Prof., Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Wenjun Chen, Dr., Associate Prof., Jinling Institute of Technology, China

Xiaoli Zhao, Dr. Prof., Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, China

Yi Wang, Dr. Prof., North China Electric Power University, China

 

All interested members are welcome to join!