1. Innovative Engineering Solutions and Best Practices to Mitigate Coastal Risk
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Burcharth H. F., Lykke Andersen T., Lara J. L., Jan Steendam G., Ruol P., Sergent P., Ostrowski R., Silva R., Martinelli L., Harck Nørgaard J. Q., Mendoza E., Simmonds D., Ohle N., Kappenberg J., Pan S., Nguyen D. K., Toorman E. A., Prinos P., Hoggart S., Chen Z., Piotrowska D., Pruszak Z., Schönhofer J., Skaja M., Szmytkiewicz P., Szmytkiewicz M., Leont’yev I., Raosa A. N., Smaoui H., Bi Q., Sothmann J., Schuster D., Li M., Ge J., Lendzion J., Koftis T., Kuznetsov S., Puente A., Echavarri B., Medina R., Díaz Simal P., Losada I. J., Maza M., Higuera P., ZANUTTIGH, BARBARA, ANGELELLI, ELISA, FORMENTIN, SARA MIZAR, Zanuttigh, B., Nicholls, R., Vanderlinden, J. P., Burcharth, H. F., Thompson, R. C., Burcharth H.F., Zanuttigh B., Lykke Andersen T., Lara J.L., Jan Steendam G., Ruol P., Sergent P., Ostrowski R., Silva R., Martinelli L., Harck Nørgaard J.Q., Mendoza E., Simmonds D., Ohle N., Kappenberg J., Pan S., Nguyen D.K., Toorman E.A., Prinos P., Hoggart S., Chen Z., Piotrowska D., Pruszak Z., Schönhofer J., Skaja M., Szmytkiewicz P., Szmytkiewicz M., Leont’yev I., Angelelli E., Raosa A.N., Formentin S.M., Smaoui H., Bi Q., Sothmann J., Schuster D., Li M., Ge J., Lendzion J., Koftis T., Kuznetsov S., Puente A., Echavarri B., Medina R., Díaz-Simal P., Losada I.J., Maza M., and Higuera P.
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Wave energy converter ,Estuarine morphology ,Artificial reefs ,Best practice ,Artificial reef ,Climate change ,Wave transmission ,Civil engineering ,Wave energy converters ,Dredging ,Beach morphology ,Sand banks ,Nourishment ,Beach nourishment ,Breakwaters upgrade ,Coastal defences ,Dikes ,Floating breakwaters ,Wave overtopping ,Resilience (network) ,Coastal defence ,Flood myth ,FLOATING BREAKWATERS ,WAVE OVERTOPPING ,Estuarine Morphology ,Wave Transmission ,Breakwater ,Sand bank ,Environmental science ,Dike ,BEACH MORPHOLOGY ,WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS - Abstract
Engineering solutions are widely used for the mitigation of flood and erosion risks and have nowadays to face new challenges due to the expected effects induced by climate change in particular sea level rise and increase of storminess. This Chapter describes both active methods of mitigation based on the reduction of the incident wave energy, such as the use of wave energy converters, floating breakwaters and artificial reefs, and passive methods, consisting of increase in overtopping resistance of dikes, improvement of resilience of breakwaters against failures, and the use of beach nourishment as well as tailored dredging operations.
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- 2015
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