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"conScience" - Concepts and Science for Coastal Erosion Management
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Defining coastal erosion is rather straightforward. But to understand the phenomenon is far from easy. There is a widespread perception that coastal erosion is always irreversible, especially, for example, immediately after a storm event when erosion is more evident. This sometimes results in a call from both local residents and political representatives for hard engineering works to be constructed. There is little public awareness of the physics behind coastal processes that causes the difference between structural and episodic erosion. Few will know how natural coasts change due to fluctuations in forcing. And that erosion can be followed by coastal accretion when boundary conditions change, either at a seasonal, annual or much longer, geological time scale.

Contents

1.Interplay of sediments, wind and water
2.The coastal cell as unifying concept
3. When does erosion become a problem?
4. How does climate change affect coastal erosion?
5.Who is responsible for erosion management?...


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