Analysis of the Beach and Dune Development of the Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier Area

Dunes are the primary sea defence along the Dutch coast. This research investigated the development between 1965 and 2021 of the beaches and dunes of the Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier (HHNK) area which stretches from IJmuiden to northern Texel. This research used an advanced data analysis on the annual coastal elevation data. The...

Durable Development of Oasis Beach

Storm safety and durability of touristic destinations is of utmost importance in Cuba, considering high stakes regarding life and capital invested in the development of the touristic sector. This twomonth research focuses on one of the largest Caribbean beach tourism hotspots found in Varadero, Cuba. <br/><br/>Tourism along the Hicacos peninsula...

The determination of the feasibility of a 'Sand Breakwater' on the Nigerian coastline at Badagry

The coastal waters of Nigeria are a difficult environment to build structures to control the local morphology and hydrodynamic conditions to ones desire. This difficulty is a consequence of the persistent high-energy swell wave climate and Longshore Sediment Transport (LST) in the order of one million cubic metres per<br/>year. Besides these...

An interdisciplinary process-based framework for sandy coastal developments

The aim of this research was to develop an interdisciplinary framework suitable for engineering purposes that connects natural processes such as wave propagation, aeolian transport, oxidation process or chemical reactions with associated critical measurable (a)biotic parameters like a rip current, beach width, canopy height density, salinity...

Sustainable development of land reclamations and shorelines: Full-scale experiments as a driver for public-private innovations

With 80% of the world's population living in lowland urban areas by 2050, sea levels gradually rising and societal demands on the quality of living increasing, sustainable development of coastal zones becomes increasingly urgent as well as complex. Modern strategies for the design and implementation of measures for infrastructure development,...

Reshaping Banda Aceh: Planning a better city in coping with future hazard of tsunami

In 26 December 2006, a magnitude 8.9R earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean at South of Sumatra island of Indonesia. The intense earthquake lasted for several minutes, triggering a tsunami that swept most of the coastline of the Aceh province in Indonesia, as well as other countries such as India, Sri Lanka and Thailand. It’s believed to be...

Large-scale coastal behaviour in relation to coastal zone management

The development of coastal erosion management - addressing typical traditional erosion problems - towards coastal zone management addressing the evaluation of alternative solutions to guarantee a variety of coastal zone functions on their economic time scale - has necessitated the formulation of large-scale coastal evolution (LSCE) models. Using...

Kustgenese, grootschalige vorming en ontwikkeling van de Nederlandse kust, vorming en toetsing van hypotheses (hoofdrapport en 4 deelrapporten)

Hoofdstuk 1. Inleiding Naast een algemene inleiding op het projekt Kustgenese en de werkwijze binnen het projekt zijn hierin een samenvatting en de konklusies opgenomen. Hoofdstuk 2. Waargenomen kustontwikkelingen De waargenomen ontwikkeling en vorming van de kust worden hier beschreven onderscheiden naar de tijdsperioden beschouwd door de drie...