From the coastline to the open sea: recent research in geography. Annual meeting of the Commission de géographie de la mer, du littoral et des îles of the Comité National Français de Géographie, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Brest, June 2011

The growth of population and human activity in coastal environments, as well as the level of erosion and coastal flooding, which is liable to worsen due to climate change, means that research on the sea and the coastline is becoming ever more necessary and socially useful. Through such research a variety of issues can be addressed, in the areas of defense and economics as well as ecology, society, and natural heritage. Since these issues are analyzed conjointly, it seems worthwhile to bring t...