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• Groynes
  ...] which aim to [[coastal protection|protect]] the shoreline from [[coastal erosion]]. A more detailed treatment of the effects of groynes is given in [[Groyne ...ndicular or slightly oblique to the shoreline. Adequate supply of sediment and existence of medium-strong longshore sediment transport are major condition
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• Definitions of coastal terms
  ...astal Wiki. The focus is on terms related to '''physical coastal processes and engineering'''. A complementary list of definitions related to the living e .../www.dhigroup.com/marine-water/ebook-shoreline-management-guidelines</ref> and from the USACE Coastal Engineering Manual <ref name=CEM> USACE, 2012. Coast
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• Natural causes of coastal erosion
  ...from Mangor et al. 2017 <ref> Mangor, K., Drønen, N. K., Kaergaard, K.H. and Kristensen, N.E. 2017. Shoreline management guidelines. DHI https://www.dhi ==Temporal erosion and ongoing erosion==
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• Human causes of coastal erosion
  ...a natural cause. The largest structural changes in hydrodynamic conditions and sediment supply are generally due to human interventions. ...from Mangor et al. 2017 <ref> Mangor, K., Drønen, N. K., Kaergaard, K.H. and Kristensen, N.E. 2017. Shoreline management guidelines. DHI https://www.dhi
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• Sea level rise
  .... Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T. K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekci, R. Yu and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press.</ref> for the year 2100 are si ...ible sea-level rise for the low and high emission scenarios, RCP2.6 (blue) and RCP8.5 (red), respectively. The shaded areas indicate the uncertainty in th
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• Shoreline management
  ...gement are <ref name="Karsten">Mangor, K., Drønen, N. K., Kaergaard, K.H. and Kristensen, N.E. 2017. Shoreline management guidelines. DHI https://www.dhi ...development activities in the coastal area follow an overall land use plan and a general environmental policy
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• Applicability of detached breakwaters
  ...waters are able to protect sections of [[shoreline]] in a more diversified and less harmful way than [[groyne|groynes]], but some of the disadvantages of ...on to this local erosion, adjacent to the breakwaters, a little additional erosion occurs on either side of the protected section, due to the lack of sand fro
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• Hydrodynamic numerical models of wave-structure interaction
  ...ynamic model approaches for simulating the interaction between water waves and breakwaters in the surf zone. ...semi-empirical in nature with their form based on physical considerations and empirical constants determined by fitting to experimental data.
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• Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
  ..., C. 1993. Essential elements of integrated coastal zone management. Ocean and Coastal Management 21:81-108</ref>. ...he terrestrial and marine components of the target territory, in both time and space”<ref>[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:200
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• Structural erosion
  {{Definition|title=Structural coastal erosion, also called 'ongoing coastal erosion' |definition= Structural [[erosion]] is long-term erosion of a stretch of [[coast]]. Gradual losses of sediment with time occur in s
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• Seawalls and revetments
  ...s why they cannot be used as a solution for problems related to structural erosion. ...height of a seawall fills often the total height difference between beach and surface level of the mainland. In many cases adjacent at the crest of a sea
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• Typical examples of structural erosion
  This article mentions three classical examples of man-induced [[structural erosion]] problems: # coastal [[erosion]] due to changes in river characteristics.
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• Shoreline protection
  ...n">Mangor, Karsten. 2004. “Shoreline Management Guidelines”. DHI Water and Environment, 294pp.</ref>. ...ventions|Soft coastal interventions]] and [[:Category:Hard structures|Hard structures]].
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• Revetments
  ...le mound armoring enhances wave energy absorption and minimizes reflection and wave run-up. ...cking. In this way their functionality is increased in terms of absorption and strength.
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• Accretion and erosion for different coastal types
  ...s of ports is also described in the article [[Port breakwaters and coastal erosion]]. ...contour where waves start breaking (this angle between incident wave front and breaker depth contour is usually denoted &alpha;_b). Based on thi
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• Shore protection vegetation
  ..., that have a strong sand-binding capacity due to an extensive root system and that favor sand accumulation with their foliage. ...well described in the literature and may ignore some important less common and less-studied species.
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• Sand by-pass systems
  ...to help prevent accretion, on the updrift side, control downdrift erosion and maintain navigation channels.}} Figs. 1 and 2 show two examples of pure natural stretches of sandy coasts. Fig. 1 refle
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• Climate adaptation measures for the coastal zone
  ...ion in coastal cities is dealt with in a separate article [[Coastal cities and sea level rise]]. ...University Press.</ref>. We do not know how long this rise will continue and what sea level will eventually be reached. By then there will likely be are
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• Coral Molecular Biomarkers
  ...threats from anthropogenic pressures. Traditionally, coral reef assessment and monitoring programs use mortality, such as percent death or species loss, a ...lethal level, since stress response, such as changes in protein production and gene expression, usually occurs before physiological damage is evident (Rou
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• Morphology of estuaries
  ...waves that shape estuarine morphology through local erosion, sedimentation and transport processes are themselves strongly influenced by estuarine morphol This article first summarizes the main principles of estuarine morphology and underlying dynamics, according to which a classification scheme is introduc
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