José A Jiménez

José A. Jiménez

Professor (Catedrático de Universidad)

Phone: +34 934016469
e-mail: jose.jimenez@upc.edu

Responsible of Coastal Zone Management Area

José A. Jiménez is Full Professor in Coastal Engineering & Management at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech. Ph.D. in Marine Sciences (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 1996). More than 25 years of experience in coastal research. He has participated in more than 25 research projects funded in competitive calls at National (Spanish) and International levels. He has published more than 85 articles in peer-reviewed journals and more than 100 communications in international conferences and workshops. He has directed 15 Ph D Theses and, usually acts as expert evaluator for different research evaluation agencies. Awarded with the Distinction of the Government of Catalonia for Promoting University Research for Young Researchers (5^th edition, 2004-2008).

Topics of interest

coastal management, natural hazards & risks, coastal vulnerability, climate change, coastal morphodynamics, coastal environmental issues, deltaic environments, sediment transport.

Publications

2022

da Costa, ÁKR, Pereira, LCC, Jiménez, JA, de Oliveira, ARG, Flores-Montes, MJ, da Costa, RM. 2022. Effects of Extreme Climatic Events on the Hydrological Parameters of the Estuarine Waters of the Amazon Coast. Estuaries and Coasts, 45, 1517-1533, 10.1007/s12237-022-01056-y
Garola, A, López-Dóriga, U, Jiménez, JA. (2022) The economic impact of sea level rise-induced decrease in the carrying capacity of Catalan beaches (NW Mediterranean, Spain). Ocean & Coastal Management, 218, 106034, doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman. 2022.106034.

2021

Sanuy, M, Rigó, T, Jiménez, JA, Llasat MC. (2021). Classifying compound coastal storm and heavy rainfall events in the north-western Spanish Mediterranean. Hydrology and Earth System Science, 25, 3759–3781, doi: 10.5194/hess-25-3759-2021.
Medellín, G, Mayor, M, Appendini, CM, Cerezo-Mota, R, Jiménez, JA (2021). The Role of Beach Morphology and Mid-Century Climate Change Effects on Wave Runup and Storm Impact on the Northern Yucatan Coast. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9(5), 518, doi: 10.3390/jmse9050518.
Pereira, L.C.C., de Sousa Felix, R.C., Dias, A.B.B., Pessoa, R.M.C., da Silva, B.R.P., da Costa Baldez, C.A., da Costa, R.M., da Silva, T.S., da Silva Assis, L.F., Jiménez, J.A. 2021. Beachgoer perceptions on health regulations of COVID-19 in two popular beaches on the Brazilian Amazon. Ocean & Coastal Management, 206, 105576, doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105576.

Sanuy, M., Jiménez, JA. 2021. Probabilistic characterisation of coastal storm-induced risks using Bayesian Networks. Natural Hazards & Earth System Sciences, 21, 219–238, doi: 10.5194/nhess-21-219-2021

2020

López-Doriga, U, Jiménez, JA. 2020. Impact of Relative Sea-Level Rise on Low-Lying Coastal Areas of Catalonia, NW Mediterranean, Spain. Water, 12, 11, 3252, doi: 10.3390/w12113252.
Jiménez, J.A. 2020. Dinàmica litoral, efectes dels temporals i comportament de les platges. In: M. Canals and J. Miranda (Eds.), Sobre el temporal Gloria (19-23.01.20), els seus efectes sobre el país i el que se’n deriva. Report de Resposta Ràpida (R3); Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Col·lecció Informes, Informe de la Secció de Ciències i Tecnologia, Barcelona (Spain), p. 55-72.
Duo, E., Sanuy, M., Jiménez, JA, Ciavola, P. 2020. How Good Are Symmetric Triangular Synthetic Storms to Represent Real Events for Coastal Hazard Modelling. Coastal Engineering, 159, 103728, doi: 0.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103728.
Jiménez, JA. 2020. El largo y tortuoso camino de la adaptación costera al cambio climático. Investigación y Ciencia, 524, 12-14.
Sanuy, M., Jiménez, JA, Plant, N. 2020. A Bayesian Network methodology for coastal hazard assessments on a regional scale: The BN-CRAF. Coastal Engineering, 157, 103627, doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2019.103627.
López-Doriga, U, Jiménez, JA, Bisaro, A, Hinkel, J. 2020. Financing and implementation of adaptation measures to climate change along the Spanish coast. Science of the Total Environment, 712, 135685, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135685.
Sanuy, M., Jiménez, JA., Ortego, M.I., Toimil, A. 2020. Differences in assigning probabilities to coastal inundation hazard estimators: event vs. response approaches. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 13 (Suppl. 1):e12557. doi: 10.1111/jfr3.12557.

2019

Haasnoot, M., Brown S, Scussolini, P, Jiménez JA, Vafeidis A, Nicholls RJ. 2019. Generic adaptation pathways for coastal archetypes under uncertain sea-level rise. Environmental Research Communications, 1, 7, 071006, doi:10.1088/2515-7620/ab1871
López-Doriga, U., Jiménez, J.A., Valdemoro H.I., Nicholls, R.J. 2019. Impact of sea-level rise on the tourist-carrying capacity of Catalan beaches. Ocean & Coastal Management, 170, 40-50. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.12.028
Sanuy, M., Jiménez, JA. 2019. Sensitivity of Storm-Induced Hazards in a Highly Curvilinear Coastline to Changing Storm Directions. The Tordera Delta Case (NW Mediterranean). Water, 11, 4, 747, ; doi:10.3390/w11040747.
Pessoa, RMC, Jiménez, JA, da Costa, RM, Pereira, LCC. 2019. Federal conservation units in the Brazilian Amazon coastal zone: an adequate approach to control recreational activities? Ocean & Coastal Management, 178, 104856, doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.104856.
Koroglu, A., Ranasinghe, R., Jiménez, JA, Dastgheib, A. 2019. Comparison of Coastal Vulnerability Index applications for Barcelona Province. Ocean & Coastal Management 178, 104799, doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.05.001.
Jiménez, JA & Valdemoro, HI. 2019. Shoreline evolution and its management implications in beaches along the Catalan coast. In: Morales. JA. (Ed), The Spanish Coastal Systems Dynamic Processes, Sediments and Management. Springer, pp. 745-764 [ISBN: 978-3-319-93169-2]

2018

Jiménez JA, Sanuy M, Ballesteros C, Valdemoro HI 2018. The Tordera Delta, a hotspot to storm impacts in the coast northwards of Barcelona (NW Mediterranean), Coastal Engineering, 134, 148-158, (doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng. 2017.08.012).
Hinkel J, Aerts J, Brown S, Jiménez JA, Lincke D, Nicholls RJ, Scussolini P, Sanchez-Arcilla A, Vafeidis A, Addo KA 2018. The ability of societies to adapt to 21st century sea-level rise. Nature Climate Change, 8, 570–578, doi: 10.1038/s41558-018-0176-z.
Wolff, C., Vafeidis, AT, Muis, S, Lincke, D, Satta, A, Lionello, P, Jiménez, JA, Conte, D, Hinkel,J. 2018. A Mediterranean coastal database for assessing the impacts of sea-level rise and associated hazards. Scientific Data 5, 189944, doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.44.
Viavattene C, Jiménez J.A., Ferreira O., Priest S., Owen D. , McCall, R. 2018. Selecting coastal hotspots to storm impacts at the regional scale: a Coastal Risk Assessment Framework. Coastal Engineering, 134, 33-47, doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.09.002.
Ferreira, O., Viavattene C., Jiménez J.A., Bolle, A., das Neves, L., Plomaritis, T.A., McCall, R., van Dongeren, A.R. 2018. Storm-induced risk assessment: Evaluation of two tools at the regional and hotspot scale. Coastal Engineering, 134, 241–253, doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.10.005.
Ballesteros, C., Jiménez, J.A., Valdemoro, H.I., Bosom, E. 2018. Erosion consequences on beach functions along the Maresme coast (NW Mediterranean, Spain). Natural Hazards, 90, 173-195 (doi: 10.1007/s11069-017-3038-5).
Ballesteros, C., Jiménez, J.A., Viavattene, C. 2018. A multi-component flood risk assessment in the Maresme coast (NW Mediterranean). Natural Hazards 90, 265-292, doi: 10.1007/s11069-017-3042-9.
Pereira, L., da Costa, AKR, da Costa, RM, Magalhães, A, Flores-Montes, MJ, Jiménez, JA. 2018. Influence of a Drought Event on Hydrological Characteristics of a Small Estuary on the Amazon Mangrove Coast. Estuaries and Coasts, 41, 676–689, doi: 10.1007/s12237-017-0310-6.
Sanuy, M., Duo, E., Wiebke, Jäger, W, Ciavola, P., Jiménez, JA. 2018 Linking source with consequences of coastal storm impacts for climate change and risk reduction scenarios for Mediterranean sandy beaches. Natural Hazards & Earth System Sciences, 18, 1825-1847, doi: 10.5194/nhess-18-1825-2018.
Pereira, L.C.C., Sousa, R.C., da Costa, R.M., Jiménez, J.A. 2018. Challenges of the recreational use of Amazon beaches. Ocean & Coastal Management, 165, 52-62, doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.08.012.

2017

Jiménez, J.A., Valdemoro, HI, Bosom, E., Sánchez-Arcilla & Nicholls, R. 2017. Impacts of sea-level rise-induced erosion on the Catalan coast. Regional Environmental Change, 17: 593-603, doi: 10.1007/s10113-016-1052-x.
Sousa, R.C., Pereira, L.C., Costa, R.A. & Jiménez, J.A. 2017. Management of estuarine beaches on the Amazon coast through the application of recreational carrying capacity. Tourism Management, 59, 216-225.
Ballesteros, C., Jiménez, J.A., Viavattene, C. 2017. Evaluación del riesgo de inundación a múltiples componentes en la costa del Maresme. Ribagua, 4, 2, 110-129.
Sousa, R.C., Pereira, L.C.C., Trindade, W.N., Souza, I.P., da Costa, R.M., Jiménez, J.A. 2017. Application of the DPSIR framework to the evaluation of the recreational and environmental conditions on estuarine beaches of the Amazon coast. Ocean & Coastal Management, 149, 96-106, doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.09.011.
Jiménez, JA, Armaroli, C. & Bosom, E. 2017. Preparing for the impact of coastal storms. A coastal manager-oriented approach. In: Ciavola, P. & Coco, G. (Eds), Coastal Storms. Processes and Impacts. Wiley, pp. 217-239 [ISBN: 9781118937105]

2016

Durán, R, Guillén, J, Ruiz, A., Jiménez, JA & Sagristá, E. 2016. Morphological changes, beach inundation and overwash caused by an extreme storm on a low-lying embayed beach bounded by a dune system (NW Mediterranean). Geomorphology, 274: 129-142.
Albino J, Jiménez JA, Oliveira TCA. 2016. Planform and mobility in the Meaípe-Maimbá embayed beach on the South East coast of Brazil. Geomorphology, 253, 110-122.
Monteiro, MC , Jiménez, JA & Pereira, LCC. 2016. Natural and human controls of water quality of an Amazon estuary (Caeté-PA, Brazil). Ocean & Coastal Management., 124, 42-52.
López, M., Ranashinge, R. & Jiménez, J.A. 2016. A rapid, low cost approach for coastal vulnerability assessment at a national scale. J. Coastal Research, 32, 932-945.
Monteiro, MC, Pereira, LCC & Jiménez, J.A. 2016. The Trophic Status of an Amazonian Estuary Under Anthropogenic Pressure (Brazil). J. Coastal Research SI 75, 98 – 102.

Others

Brown,S., R.Nicholls, S.Hanson, B.Geoff, J. Dearing, M. Dickson, S.Gallop, S. Gao, I. Haigh, J. Hinkel, J.A. Jiménez, R. Klein, W. Kron, A. Lázár, C. Neves, A. Newton, C. Pattiaratchi, A. Payo, K. Pye, A. Sánchez-Arcilla, M. Siddall, A. Shareef, E. Tompkins, A. Vafeidis, B. van Maanen, P. Ward & C. Woodroffe. 2014. Shifting perspectives on coastal impacts and adaptation. Nature Climate Change, 4, 752-755. (doi:10.1038/nclimate2344)
Jiménez, J.A., Sancho, A., Bosom, E., Valdemoro, H.I. & Guillén, J. 2012. Storm-induced damages along the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean) during the period 1958-2008. Geomorphology, 143-144, 24-33.
Brenner, J.,Jiménez, J.A., Sardá, R. & Garola, A. 2010. Non market value of the ecosystem services provided by the Catalan coast, Spain. Ocean & Coastal Management, 53, 27-38. (doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2009.10.008.
Ariza, E., Jiménez, J.A. & Sardá, R. 2008. A critical assessment of beach management on the Catalan coast. Ocean & Coastal Management, 51, 141-160. (doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2007.02.009)