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  • Growth (vertical and/or horizontal) of morphological structures ([[#Beach|beach]], [[#Bar|bar]], [[#Dune|dune]], [[#Sand bank|sand bank]], [[#Tidal flat|ti The part of the beach lying between the [[#Beach face|beach face]] and the front dune, cliff base, vegetation line or coastal protectio
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  • {{Definition|title=Beach drainage system ...he beach near the installation line, thus also increasing the width of the beach.
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  • ...P. and Wöppelmann, G. 2019. Requirements for a Coastal Hazards Observing System. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 348</ref>. ...ften exacerbated by soil compaction and land subsidence in connection with drainage works and the extraction of groundwater or oil / gas mining, see [[Coastal
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  • #Maintain and improve public access to and along the beach, legally as well as in practice. #Secure passage to and along the beach.
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  • ...seabed, destabilisation of shallow banks and increased [[erosion]]. Severe beach erosion is a problem shared by many countries<ref>Luijendijk, A., Hagenaars ...taminants through desorption from fine sediments. Offshore sand mining for beach nourishment and land reclamation and aggregate extraction for the construct
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  • ...nition= Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) is a resource management system following an integrative, holistic approach and an interactive planning pro ...ge of the natural (physical, biological, chemical) dynamics of the coastal system and a full understanding of the social, economic, legal, institutional and
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  • ...line at an angle of 40°. An incipient attachment to the upper part of the beach can be observed. The bar was 100 m wide, 250 m long and 2 m high, and its t ...p face was steep with a gradient of 0.3, and exhibited waterline marks and drainage rills. The runnel was generally flat and characterised by finer sediment th
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  • This article provides an example of [[beach nourishment]] at Vale do Lobo beach, which is located in the Algarve in Portugal. The information gathered in t Vale do Lobo beach is located on the south Portuguese Coast at Quarteira, between Albufeira an
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  • {{ Definition| title = Beach scraping ...apingOldBarBeach MidCoastNSW.jpg|thumb|350px|right| Beach scraping Old Bar Beach New South Wales, Australia. Photo credit MidCoast Council.]]
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  • ...oastline is approximately 500 km long, with a well developed fringing reef system except where major rivers (Tana and Athi Sabaki) discharge into the Indian ...reement with the Kenyan Government to undertake mining at Kwale near Diani beach, which started in early 2006 and is estimated to continue for 11 years. Th
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  • ...as at risk of coastal hazards, 1990–2015: How data choices matter. Earth System Science Data 13: 5747–5801</ref>. A study of Hooijer and Vernimmen (2021) ...cause an increasing sea level reduces the discharge capacity of rivers and drainage canals that evacuate river and stormwater to the sea. Without timely measur
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  • ...osive action and longshore drift, define a rather large sediment transport system. As a result, 60% of the coastline has sand dune formations, which are nowa ...s a wide beach with dunes north of the breakwaters, while to the south the beach at Praia de Barra is narrow and the backshore dunes eroded. The largest coa
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  • ...ir costs and benefits. The responses considered include flood defences and beach nourishment but not all the softer options such as insurance. The model has ...al communities to natural hazards by establishing a regional early warning system, applying construction setbacks, greenbelts and other no-build areas in eac
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  • ...ust be developed, see for example STOWA 2012<ref>STOWA 2012. Flood defense system inspection manuals. Rijkswaterstaat, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environ *Urban water infrastructure. An appropriate drainage infrastructure is needed to ensure that flood water can be collected and dr
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  • * [[Beach berm]] – expand definition and add section on berm formation * [[Beach-dune interaction]] - introduction to major processes of coastal dune format
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