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• Piers and trestles
  Piers are rather long structures with a horizontal deck on series of piles extending perpendicular to the co The supporting piles of these structures may have an impact on coastal processes. Especially if the number of piles
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• Sea dikes
  :[[Hard coastal protection structures]] :[[Ecological enhancement of coastal protection structures]]
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• Hydrodynamic numerical models of wave-structure interaction
  ...esulting from [[wave overtopping]] and wave penetration through the porous structures, wave diffraction, run-up and wave breaking. Focusing on overtopping, addit ...e last decades in the numerical modelling of wave interaction with coastal structures to overcome these limitations. Nonlinear Shallow Water (NSW), Boussinesq-ty
  21 KB (3,036 words) - 16:03, 25 February 2023
• Argus applications
  ...ertidal beach. For example to evaluate the morphological impact of coastal structures, to investigate seasonal fluctuations in beach dynamics and [[beach nourish # [[Wave run-up]], to evaluate the stability of coastal structures such as [[seawall|seawalls]], harbour moles and [[revetment|revetments]]
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• Dune erosion
  *presence of hard engineered structures; ...amics of nearshore sandbars, as well as the effects of vegetation and hard structures. The morphodynamic processes include bed load and suspended sediment transp
  42 KB (6,534 words) - 12:05, 15 November 2023
• Coastal management
  ...protect the coast, and are usually cheaper to construct and maintain than hard construction techniques, and may be self-sustaining. However, as indicated
  2 KB (294 words) - 12:49, 8 October 2021
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
  '''[[Hard coastal protection structures|Hard measures]]:''' <br/> '''[[Hard coastal protection structures|Hard measures]]:''' <br/>
  29 KB (3,962 words) - 20:24, 18 September 2023
• Floating breakwaters
  ...water-level. Floating breakwaters are seldom used as shoreline protection structures because they are not suitable for installation in the open sea. ...ng position of connections) are primary points of concern for this kind of structures. The wave-induced forces on the connections increase with peak wave period
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• Consultation on Maritime Policy: the issue of Capacity Building
  ...als able to utilize research based knowledge within existing institutional structures and some lead will be needed from European institutions. '''Special thanks to Stella Maris Vallejo for her hard work and invaluable assistance'''
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• Light revetments built-in into artificial dunes
  ...t|shore nourishments]]. The article considers the construction of built-in structures in artificial dunes and presents experiences from Poland. ...hese additional [[revetment|revetments]] are built as "[[gabions|gabion]]" structures (see Figure 1 and 2). If the revetment is uncovered after a storm, the arti
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• Structural erosion
  ...of coastal erosion]] provides an overview of the different impacts of hard structures on the structural erosion of a stretch of coast. * [[Hard coastal protection structures]]
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• Seawalls and revetments
  This article introduces the [[hard coastal protection structures]] seawalls and revetments. The article further explains how and why the app Seawalls or revetments are shore parallel structures at the transition between the low-lying (sandy) beach and the (higher) main
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• Functional diversity in marine ecosystems
  ...ological niche. Species sharing an ecological niche generally have similar structures in order to achieve the greatest amount of fitness. This refers for example :[[Littoral]] rock and other hard substrata
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• Sampling tools for the marine environment
  ...of cylindrical or cone-shaped netting bags mounted on rings or other rigid structures. It has wings or leaders which guide the fish towards the entrance of the b ...g tools (e.g. beam trawls) can be effectively employed. However, where the hard or uneven nature of the substrata precludes the use of a trawl it is often
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• Mangroves
  ...isperse their offspring by water. They produce unusually large propagating structures or propagules. The embryo initiates germination on the seed, still attached * A further issue is the clearcutting of mangals for their hard wood. This wood is resistant against termites and therefore an important ex
  42 KB (6,310 words) - 17:09, 21 April 2024
• Coastal squeeze
  ...hrough coastal land claim. This often involves building [[coast protection|structures]] to protect the land and/or infrastructure from erosion and [[Sea defence| The ecological consequences of hard engineering interventions on retreating beaches entails the loss of biodive
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• Typical examples of structural erosion
  ...ard coastal protection structures]]: Explains the possible impacts of hard structures on the structural erosion of a stretch of coast [[Category:Hard structures]]
  8 KB (1,293 words) - 20:50, 31 March 2021
• Experiences with beach nourishments in Portugal
  ...f littoral sand transport at Quarteira, Vilamoura Marina and other defence structures; ...defence of Vale do Lobo beach is essentially a soft one, complemented with hard measures over short extensions. The strategy is to maintain the natural bea
  37 KB (5,937 words) - 18:06, 18 January 2022
• Shoreline protection
  ...ventions|Soft coastal interventions]] and [[:Category:Hard structures|Hard structures]].
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• Bulkheads
  [[Category:Hard structures]]
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