Print Email Facebook Twitter The use of mangroves in coastal protection Title The use of mangroves in coastal protection Author Verhagen, H.J. Contributor Loi, T.T. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2012-02-20 Abstract Apart from many ecological advantages, mangroves in front of a coastal defence may lower the construction and maintenance costs of the defence. Although mangroves have hardly any reducing effect on water levels (and on tsunami impact) mangroves may significantly reduce wave attack on a coastal dike, and in this way reduce the cost of a revetment and lower the design height of a levee because of reduced run]up and overtopping height. This paper describes a design tool for the required width of the mangrove belt, as well as some guidance for planting the mangroves. Design graphs are presented to determine the required mangrove belt as a function of deep water wave action and mangrove density. Subject mangrovescoastal protectionsea dikesrevetment To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:85a6189f-89e9-4618-abb7-db47cc13e2a7 Publisher PIANC Source COPEDEC 2012: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries, Chennai, India, 20-24 February 2012 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2012 Verhagen, H.J. Files PDF VerhagenLoi2012.pdf 961.83 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:85a6189f-89e9-4618-abb7-db47cc13e2a7/datastream/OBJ/view