Soft Shore Protection An Environmental Innovation in Coastal Enginee
Global warming, melting polar caps, rising sea levels and intensifying wave-current action, factors responsible for the alarming phenomena of coastal erosion on the one hand and adverse environmental impacts and the high cost of 'hard' protection schemes,
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Coastal Systems and Continental Margins VOLUME 7 Series Editor
BiJaJ U. Haq
Editorial Advisory Board
M. Collins, Dept. of Oceanography, University of Southampton, u.K. D. Eisma, Emeritus Professor, Utrecht University and Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, The Netherlands
K.E. Louden, Dept. of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada J.D. Milliman, School of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, U.S.A.
H.W. Posamentier, Anadarko Canada Corporation, Calgary, AB, Canada A. Watts, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, u.K.
Soft Shore Protection An Environmental Innovation in Coastal Engineering
Edited by
Constantine Goudas Studium of Mechanics, Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece
George Katsiaris Studium of Mechanics, Department of Mathematics, University of Parras, Greece
Vincent May School of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom and
Theophanis Karambas Deparrment of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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DOI 10.1007/978-94-010-0135-9
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
IX
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, ADDRESSES & E-MAILS
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SOFTER SOLUTIONS TO COASTAL EROSION: MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM RESISTANCE TO RESILIENCE V May NOURISHING ERODING BEACHES: EXAMPLES FROM THE WEST-CENTRAL COAST OF FLORIDA R .. A. Davis, Jr.
17
RELATIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF BACKGROUND EROSION AND SPREADING LOSSES: AN AID FOR BEACH NOURISHMENT DESIGN R. G. Dean
29
THE USE OF RELICT SAND LYING ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF FOR UNPROTECTED BEACH NOURISHMENT F. L. Chiocci and G. B. La Monica
39
PREDICTING MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES ON A COMPLEX 3D SITE USING THE GENESIS MODEL 1. Marino-Tapia and P. E. Russell
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METHODOLOGY OF SANDY BEACH STABILIZATION BY NOURISHMENT: A LONG-TERM MORPHODYNAMIC MODELLING APPROACH B. Ontowirjo and C. D. Istiyanto
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STOCHASTIC ECONOMIC OPTIMISATION MODEL FOR THE COASTAL ZONE S. van Vuren, M Kok, and R. E. Jorissen
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SHORELINE CHANGES INDUCED BY A SUBMERGED GROIN SYSTEM Th. V Karambas, Ch. Koutitas and S. Christopoulos
105
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COASTAL EMBANKMENT SYSTEM IN BANGLADESH M Saari and S. Rahman
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CONFIGURATION DREDGING - AN ALTERNATIVE TO GROYNES &
