Coastal Geomorphology and Restoration: 44th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium; October 2013; Newark, New Jersey

四十多年来，宾厄姆顿地貌研讨会一直是一个年度会议，旨在汇集来自地质学，地理学和环境工程学科的地貌学家，使他们能够交流研究成果，了解新技术，探索特殊主题，确定未来的机会，并加强合作网络。第44届宾厄姆顿地貌研讨会将于2013年10月在新泽西纽瓦克的新泽西理工学院校园举行。这次专题讨论会的目标是评估对沿海地貌和生境的了解情况，并确定进行综合研究的机会。 要处理的关键主题是沿海地貌和生境对未来规模和频率增加的偶发事件和海平面变化的反应;这些变化对这些环境的复原力的影响;以及恢复或维持地貌和生境及其地貌和生物联系的方法。 会议期间开展的活动将包括三次受邀口头报告;一次海报展示会，使其他专业人员和研究生能够展示他们在地貌学方面的研究;以及对附近沿海地区的实地考察，包括2012年10月受飓风桑迪破坏的许多地区，这将提供对关键问题的看法，并促进会议期间的学术对话。 会议记录将在一份主要期刊的特刊上发表。NSF的资金将提供支持，以促进学生和受邀演讲者的参与。2013年宾厄姆顿地貌专题讨论会将提供一个论坛，以帮助整合谁是住在一系列不同的学术部门，包括地理，地质，土木工程，海洋科学，海洋学和环境科学的沿海地貌学家之间的研究。 鉴于海岸带非生物和生物系统之间的紧密耦合，研讨会将增加地貌学家和其他物理科学以及在潮间带，沙丘和湿地环境中工作的生物学家和生态学家之间的互动。 研讨会还将促进与从业人员的互动，这些从业人员在面对自然和人类引起的压力时负责维护沿海地貌和栖息地。

For more than four decades, the Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium has been an annual conference designed to bring together geomorphologists from across the disciplines of geology, geography, and environmental engineering in order to enable them to exchange research results, become aware of new techniques, explore special themes, identify future opportunities, and enhance collaborative networks. The 44rd Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium will be held in October 2013 on the campus of New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey. The goal of this symposium will be to assess the state of knowledge of coastal landforms and habitats and identify opportunities for integrated research. Key themes to be addressed are the response of coastal landforms and habitats to future increased magnitude and frequency of episodic events and changes in sea level; the effect of these changes on the resilience of these environments; and ways to restore or maintain landforms and habitats and their geomorphic and biologic linkages. Activities undertaken at the conference will be three sessions of invited oral presentations; a poster session to enable other professionals and graduate students to present their research in geomorphology; and a field trip to nearby coastal areas, including many that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, that will provide perspective on key issues and facilitate scholarly dialog during the meeting. The conference proceedings will be published in a special volume of a leading journal. NSF funding will provide support to facilitate the involvement of students and invited presenters. The 2013 Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium will provide a forum to help integrate research among coastal geomorphologists who are housed in a range of different academic departments, including geography, geology, civil engineering, marine sciences, oceanography, and environmental sciences. Given the tight coupling among abiotic and biotic systems in the coastal zone, the symposium will increase interactions among geomorphologists and other physical sciences as well as biologists and ecologists working in intertidal, dune, and wetland environments. The symposium also will facilitate interaction with practitioners changed with responsibility for maintaining coastal landforms and habitats in the face of natural and human-induced stressors.