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Climate change and shoreline protection /

23 Sep 2012

Despite the challenges, people want to live near the water—for the vistas, the air, and the shoreline. [...] The value of the land and the cost of repairing or replacing the infrastructure is often enough to justify, and in some cases require, shore protection. [...] The sediment budget—the balance of supply and removal of sediments to and from the shore—controls the health of the beach. [...] This is an example of proactive adaptation, in which the effects of future climate change have been anticipated in the design process and the design of the infrastructure has been adapted accordingly. [...] With the mouth of the and Trails Association) estuary still blocked by what remained of the dyke, the sea created a new entrance to the estuary further to the east.
oceans environment climate change adaptation wetlands climate resilience climate adaptation coast global warming water climate change adaptation natural resources atlantic ocean coastal erosion coastal protection rivers erosion transport weather climatic changes beach sea-level rise bodies of water beach nourishment seawalls coastal hazards coastal ecology breakwater (structure) coastal ecosystem health shorelines

Authors

Davies, Michael H

Pages
25
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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