- ISSN: 2754-7205 (Online)
- Frequency: 1 volume per year
Editor-in-Chief: Professor Tom Spencer University of Cambridge | UK
Coastal Futures explores all aspects of coastal systems, their complexity and how they change over time. It reports on the interactions between physical, biological and social elements and processes, which are unique to coastal regions and which influence, or are influenced by, the coast. In particular, the journal is interested in the dynamics of these interactions and their indications for the future. The scope includes research from within and across the disciplines of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, human geography, social sciences and law.
Indexed in ESCI. Accepted in DOAJ, Scopus and Pubmed Central.
Meet the Editor-in-Chief
Meet Professor Tom Spencer: A modern-day hero who has dedicated his life’s work to addressing major real-world challenges in the area of coastal futures.
Cambridge Prisms blog
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Embracing a sea change
- 01 March 2023,
- Emeritus Professor Tom Spencer, Editor-in-Chief of Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, reflects on the influence of ‘wonderful’ teachers and the need to understand The window for meaningful action relating to the world’s coastlines is closing fast, but Tom Spencer remains ‘guardedly optimistic’ that there is still time for societies and communities to come up with sustainable strategies for those that live and work at the coast. …...