Juan José Muñoz Pérez

Engineering Lessons from Four Decades of Beach Nourishment in Spain: A Review of Quality Control, Monitoring and Adaptive Coastal Management

Antonio Contreras-de-Villar, Patricio Poullet, Santiago García-López, Raúl Martell‐Dubois et autres

Beach nourishment has become one of the principal soft-engineering strategies for mitigating coastal erosion while preserving the recreational, environmental and protective functions of sandy beaches. During the last four decades, Spain has accumulated extensive experience in beach nourishment, with annual nourishment volumes …

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Beaches for the people: the Spanish/“socialist” model of beach management

Rosa Molina, Alexis Mooser, María de Andrés, Enzo Pranzini et autres

In the Anthropocene, many beaches are managed for various purposes including amenity, conservation and coastal defense. The mechanisms for management have been described extensively in the literature, but the collective motivation behind management interventions has received little attention. This study describes contemporary …

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El problema marítimo entre Bolivia y Chile. Un análisis posterior al fallo de la Corte Internacional de Justicia de La Haya

José Antonio Marín Patino, Bismarck Antelo, Joaquín Fernando Monedero Villén, Jonnathan Cáceres Santos et autres

El presente artículo analiza el conflicto marítimo entre Bolivia y Chile, originado en la Guerra del Pacífico (1879 1884), que dejó a Bolivia sin acceso soberano al Pacífico tras el Tratado de 1904. Desde entonces, Bolivia ha considerado su mediterraneidad un obstáculo …

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BILINGUAL SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS TO SUPPORT PHYSICS LABORATORY LEARNING IN FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Patricia Lopez, Águeda Vázquez, Inmaculada Ramos-Lerate, Jeanette Romero et autres

First-year engineering students at the University of Cadiz (Spain) attend Physics laboratory sessions shortly after transitioning from secondary education. In this context, many students show gaps in foundational knowledge and limited ability to independently perform laboratory tasks. In addition, large student-to-group ratios …

TEACHING IN MASS HIGHER EDUCATION: RISING STUDENT DIVERSITY AND PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS (1960–2024)

Juan José Muñoz Pérez, Antonio Contreras-de-Villar, Bismarck Jigena, Francisco Contreras et autres

The transformation of higher education from an elite to a mass system over the past six decades has profoundly altered the conditions under which teaching quality is pursued in university classrooms. While previous studies have examined institutional, social, and pedagogical drivers of …

Editorial: Advances in coastal dunes

Inmaculada Rodríguez-Santalla, Juan José Muñoz Pérez

The first set of studies focuses on sedimentary architecture and internal structure. Li et al. (2025) examine the morphology and evolution of submarine sand ridges and associated sand waves off the southwest coast of Hainan Island, China. They use several marine survey …

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A new and more accurate overfill ratio for beach nourishments and its comparison with James' RA

Antonio Contreras-de-Villar, Enzo Pranzini, Giorgio Anfuso, Juan José Muñoz Pérez

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Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and Terrestrial Spatial Planning (TSP). The Path Towards an Integration of Both Plans

Francisco Javier Córdoba-Donado, Vicente Negro-Valdecantos, Gregorio Gómez-Pina, Juan José Muñoz Pérez et autres

Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and Terrestrial Spatial Planning (TSP) have traditionally operated as separate systems, resulting in fragmented governance of coastal territories. This article introduces Integrated Spatial Planning (ISP), a methodology that unifies MSP and TSP through a multi‑level zoning framework spanning …

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Coastal dynamics and geomorphology of the Pozos Colorados sector, Santa Marta: an analysis of sea level rise and paleo-shoreline

Diego Andrés Villate-Daza, Eduardo Guimarães Barboza-Pinzon, Bismarck Jigena-Antelo, Juan José Muñoz Pérez et autres

Introduction We assess how inherited subsurface architecture and human interventions control recent shoreline change and vulnerability in Pozos Colorados (Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean). Methods We integrated geomorphological mapping, multi-decadal shoreline extraction with CoastSat (1986–2024; EPR), Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) profiles, paleoshoreline detection …

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Assessment of the shoreline dynamics in San Andres Island: A remote sensing and EOF analysis approach

Angélica Cabarcas-Mier, Wilmer Rey, Cristina Torrecillas, Alejandro Paladio-Hernández et autres

This study investigates the spatial and temporal variability of the shoreline of San Andres Island (SAI), located in an internationally recognized protected area in the Colombian Caribbean Sea, using Sentinel-2 satellite images covering six years (2015–2021). The data were downloaded using Google …

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The Extremal Value Analysis of Sea Level in the Gulf of Cádiz and Alborán Sea: A New Methodology and the Resilience of Critical Infrastructures

Jose Juan Alonso, Danping Yin, Juan Vidal, Daniel J. Coronil-Huertas et autres

Rising sea levels and increasing storm wave heights are two clear indicators of climate change affecting coastal environments worldwide. Coastal cities and infrastructure are particularly vulnerable to these hazards, highlighting the need for accurate predictions and effective adaptation and resilience strategies to …

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Review of the internal structure of a climbing dune. The case of the Valdevaqueros dune (Cádiz, Spain)

Inmaculada Rodríguez-Santalla, David Gómez-Ortíz, Juan José Muñoz Pérez

While the internal structure of transgressive dunes is relatively well understood, little is known about that of climbing dunes. The Valdevaqueros dune, located 10 kilometers northwest of Tarifa (Cádiz), is considered one of the largest and most active transgressive dunes in Europe, …

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