ABSTRACT
Coastal Defences aims to present the broad spectrum of methods that engineers use to protect the coastline and investigates the sorts of issues that can arise as a result. The first section of the book examines 'traditional' hard techniques, such as sea walls and groynes, whilst the second looks at the more recent trend of using techniques more sympathetic to nature. By looking at each of the main methods of coastal protection in detail, the book investigates the rationale for using each method and the consequent management issues, presenting a case for and against each of the techniques.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Introduction
chapter 1|16 pages
Introduction to coastal defences
chapter 2|5 pages
Role of coastal processes in coastal defence management
chapter |1 pages
Summary
chapter |4 pages
PART II Hard approaches to coastal defence
chapter 3|3 pages
Sea walls and revetments
chapter |18 pages
Impact of sea walls on beaches at Blackpool, UK
chapter |15 pages
Impact of groynes on sediment movement along the Fylde coast
chapter |1 pages
Benefits of groynes and jetties for the coastal environment
chapter |3 pages
Increased sediment stability and amenity value
chapter 5|3 pages
Cliff stabilisation
chapter |22 pages
The Holbeck Hall landslide, Scarborough
chapter |2 pages
Sea walls
chapter |8 pages
Hard points
chapter |9 pages
The decision — to defend or do nothing
chapter |1 pages
Recommended usage
chapter |2 pages
Segmented off-shore breakwater scheme, Elmer, UK
chapter |4 pages
Solid versus floating
chapter |6 pages
Isolation of foreshore from active coastal environment
part |2 pages
Part III
chapter 7|9 pages
Beach feeding
chapter |10 pages
Beach recharge in Bournemouth, UK
chapter |11 pages
Sediment volume for use in recharge schemes
chapter |6 pages
Beach recharge and tourism
chapter |9 pages
Beach feeding and sea level rise
chapter |1 pages
Summary of the problems with beach recharge schemes
chapter 8|3 pages
Dune building
chapter |2 pages
Importance of dunes in coastal defence
chapter |24 pages
Importance of dunes in the protection of the Dutch coastline
chapter 9|20 pages
Increasing sedimentation in mudflat environments
chapter |2 pages
Problems associated with vegetation die back
chapter |5 pages
Are created wetlands as good as the original?
chapter 10|4 pages
Managed realignment
chapter |5 pages
Use of managed realignment in Essex
chapter |6 pages
Methods and environmental factors in managed realignment
chapter |15 pages
Surface gradient
part |2 pages
Part IV