The Coastal Ocean Assessment for Sustainability and Transformation (COAST) Card is a research program that embraces a transnational and transdisciplinary approach to solving global sustainability challenges. It was funded by Belmont Forum, a consortium of research funders that focuses on research that allows the participation of stakeholders in a co-design and co-development process. This research project comprised teams from the United States, The Philippines, Norway, India, and Japan. The project aims to extend and adapt the developed framework of Chesapeake Bay in the United States to Manila Bay in the Philippines, Tokyo Bay and Sekisei Lagoon in Japan, and the Goa Coast in India.
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| Participants during the 1st Belmont Forum on Coast Card (Engr. Dizon at 11th from the top right) Source: Julius Victor Carag Degala |
Engr. Jose Carlo Dizon, together with other delegate members of Cavite State University, attends the 1st Belmont Forum on COAST CARD - Manila Bay Stakeholders Conference and Workshop from February 27 to March 3, 2023. The five-day event was held in three different venues: the Manila Hotel, the Philippine Coast Guard Headquarters, and the University of the Philippines Diliman. The forum includes panel discussions, lectures, poster presentations, an open house activity for the Manila stakeholders, field trips, and workshops. Engr. Dizon presents a poster on his study on Hydrologic Modeling and Flood Inundation Mapping of Imus River Basin, Cavite, Philippines, Using Hydrologic Engineering Center - Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) and River Analysis System (HEC-RAS).
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| Engr. Dizon together with other faculty members of CvSU (top right) during the workshop and poster presentation during the 1st Belmont Forum on COAST Card Source: Engr. Jose Carlo R. Dizon |
