Scientists are often discussing the social problems of local communities at the seaside areas. The problems are elaborated on in different fields of sociology (different subdisciplines), e.g. sociology of family, sociology of education, urban sociology, organizational sociology, sociology of professions but for some time now there has been a tendency to gather the research and theory on these under the caption of maritime sociology. It seems that in many countries social researchers have been exploring life and work at sea and at the seaside area. Now it is the time to collect these results, disseminate and popularize them.
It seems that the overarching name for the future of maritime studies should be sustainable development. It may however refer to different areas of human activity so we call for papers associated with the following problem areas:
