Broad sandy beaches and extensive dune ridges dominate the Dutch coastal zone. The beach areas are subject to continuous processes as beach erosion and sedimentation, which influence its morphology. This in turn has an economic impact on beach management and public security. Beach nourishments are carried out if safety of the land is at risk. Here the problems are defined as: (1) how to localiz...

The Airborne Science Initiative is a collaborative effort between the School of Aviation, School of Surveying, School of Civil Engineering and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of New South Wales. Harnessing the equipment and skills of the team, a series of beach surveys have been performed to gather data about beach dynamics over a period of six months. L...

To better understand the community-wide implications of coastal erosion and erosion management measures to minimize its impacts, we analyzed data on about 1200 properties in nine southeastern U.S. counties. Not only is erosion responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars of property damage each year, the threat of erosion, that is, merely being located in an erosion-prone area, significantly...

[1] Turbulence in the surf zone, the shallow region adjacent to the shoreline, has a key role in beach erosion, fertilization, dispersal, and larval settlement of marine invertebrates, and microbial contamination dilution in beach waters. Breakingwave generated (the dominant source) surf zone turbulence is understood poorly. A new surf zone turbulent dissipation rate scaling is derived, that co...

The process of erosion and desertification affects social communities, agricultural lands and natural resources in coastal areas. The rapid coastline changes would cause social and economic issues in the coastal areas. In this study, Miankaleh coasts and the eastern coastlines of Amirabad port have been surveyed due to existing benchmarks since June 2013 until December 2015 in order to analyze ...

ROONEY, J.J.B., and FLETCHER, C.H. III, 2004. Shoreline change and Pacific climatic oscillations in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii. Journal of Coastal Research, 21(0), 000–000. West Palm Beach (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. Increasing demands on coastal areas require enhanced understanding of coastal erosion hazards. Here we analyze a 5-km segment of the Kihei coastline (Maui, Hawaii) centered on an area of c...