Sediment Dynamics in Artificial Nourishments

• Other Authors: Coelho, Carlos Daniel Borges (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; Environmental science, engineering & technology; morphology; LTC numerical model; erosion; littoral drift; coastlines; wave basin; morphodynamic; hydrodynamic; sediment transport; cross-shore profile; invasive species; Lessepsian migration; coastal processes; dredging; Levant; Haifa Bay; beach nourishment; field observations; storm; beach accretion; coastal erosion; gravel beaches; sediment budget; shore protection structures; nearshore nourishment; wave dissipation; nearshore sediment transport; coastal hydrodynamic modeling; Baltic Sea; Port of Klaipėda; shoreline changes; DSAS; clusterization; regime shift detection; sand nourishment; wave dominated coast; shoreface nourishment; cross-shore and longshore processes; coastal protection strategy; nourishments; building with nature; coastline evolution; dune growth; Hondsbossche Dunes; coastal morphology; shoreline extraction; LTC; COAST; nourishment scenarios; Barra-Vagueira; coastal management; one-line model; groin field; n/a
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Serious erosion problems related to significant negative sediment budgets in coastal systems have been identified worldwide. Artificial nourishments are a coastal erosion mitigation strategy that allows these negative budgets to be decreased by adding sediment to a coastal system. However, due to the complexity of coastal processes, it is difficult to evaluate sediment dynamics after the intervention. In consideration of this, this Special Issue disseminates the most updated scientific knowledge on understanding the sediment dynamics processes after artificial nourishments.