The state of the coast (Toestand van de kust). Case study: North Holland

Over more than a thousand years, the Dutch coast has been eroding for large stretches. Coastal retreat puts coastal functions (e.g. safety against flooding) under pressure. Since 1990, the Dutch policy aims at preventing further retreat of the coastline, but in the meantime taking the valuable dynamical behaviour of the coast into account....

Case study Piçarras Beach: Erosion and nourishment of a headland bay beach

Master project report. Piçarras is one of the touristic beaches of Santa Catarina state in Brazil. Piçarras beach is a headland bay beach. In the bay irregular features like an island, rocky outcrops and shoals are present influencing wave propagation. In the south Piçarras is bounded by Piçarras river. The river mouth has been fixated in 1970,...

A new coastal defence policy for the Netherlands

Translation of two Dutch governmental reports about the decision to maintain the Dutch coastline by means of artificial beach nourishment and to maintain the coastline of 1990 (so in fact compensate all erosion by artificial beach replenishment).