Application of system nourishments in Dutch coastal management
Pluis, S.R.P.M.; Elias, E.P.L.; Lodder, Q.J.; Van Gelder-Maas, C.; De Looff, H. (2023). Application of system nourishments in Dutch coastal management, in: Wang, P. et al. Coastal Sediments 2023. The proceedings of the coastal sediments. pp. 2149-2161. https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789811275135_0198 In: Wang, P.; Royer, E.; Rosati, J.D. (Ed.) (2023). Coastal Sediments 2023. The proceedings of the coastal sediments. World Scientific Publishing: [s.l.]. ISBN 978-981-127-989-8; e-ISBN 978-981-127-514-2. 3156 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/13358, more |
| Authors | | Top | - Pluis, S.R.P.M., editor
- Elias, E.P.L.
- Lodder, Q.J.
| - Van Gelder-Maas, C.
- De Looff, H.
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| Abstract | This paper analyses the Dutch policy of ‘dynamic coastal preservation’ which encompasses the application of coastal sand nourishments on different time and spatial scales: {i} compensate for ‘local sand losses’ and keep the coastline in place, and {ii} compensate for ‘system sand losses’ and enable the coastal system to grow with sea level rise. To preserve the coastline, beach, shoreface and channel wall nourishments were successfully put in place over the past 30 years. More recently, two examples of ‘system nourishments’ were constructed in the Dutch coastal system: the Sand Motor (2011) and the Ameland inlet nourishment (2018/2019). Evaluation led to the insight that system nourishments can feed sand to the coastal system on a larger time and spatial scale through natural coastal processes. With coasts at risk due to rising sea levels and increased sediment losses, system nourishments show potential for future application along the Dutch coast and other sandy coasts worldwide. |
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