This paper describes coastal resilience as a measure of the extent to which a coast is able to respond to external pressures without losing actual or potential functions. Coastal resilience has morphological, ecological and socio-economic components
, each of which represents another aspect of the coastal system's adaptive capacity to pertubations. A recent study explores possibilities of enhancing coastal resilience in the Netherlands by allowing managed retreat in areas where it is environmentally
Synergy and co-operation : collaborative coastal research projects
Coastaldynamics ; Coastal environment ; Coastal protection ; Europe ; Model ; Project ; Research ; Sediment transport ; United Kingdom
This year's report will discuss some of 1997 large research projects : UK coastal research programmes with the Land-Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS) and the Coastal Area Modelling for Engineers in the Long Term (CAMELOT) project, and the European
Coastaldynamics and impact of coastal protection works on the Spurn Head spit (UK)
Coastaldynamics ; Coastal environment ; Coastal protection ; England ; Estuary ; Geomorphology ; Human impact ; Impact ; Sedimentology ; Spit ; Tide ; United Kingdom ; Wave ; Weather type
the sedimentology and geomorphology of the spit and of the tidal flat behind it (Spurn Bight), and assesses the effects of coastal defences on the nearshore dynamics. The geomorphology and sedimentology of the beaches and the tidal flat were studied to assess
[b1] Coastal Geology Group, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Royaume-Uni
Dynamics and management of the coastal dunes of the Landes, Gascony, France
Coastal dunes. Geomorphology, ecology and management for conservation. Proceedings of the third European dune congress, Galway, Ireland, 17-21 June 1992
This review highlights recent work in coastal geomorphology that challenges existing wisdom, breaks new ground or contributes in some way to wider principles. This review is organized in 5 parts : Non-cohesive and cohesive sediment dynamics; Beach
and dune morphodynamics; Late-Holocene and historical coastal evolutionary behaviour; High-resolution topographic data sets and a resurgence of morphometric analysis; A grand challenge : predicting mesoscale coastal behaviour. Coastal geomorphology
[b1] Coastal and Estuarine Research Unit, Dep. of Geography, Univ. College London, London, Royaume-Uni
The dynamic differentiation is proven by a quantitative monitoring using volumetric data collected by high frequency beach profiling in the period 1978-90 at five representative coastal stations. Time series are discussed and attention paid
to the impact of storms and coastal protection measures.
Australia ; Coastal dune ; Coastaldynamics ; Coastal environment ; Coastal sedimentation ; Dating ; Lake ; New South Wales ; Pleistocene ; Thermoluminescence ; Tsunami
The aim of this paper is to assess, using mainly thermoluminescence dating, the chronology of the Gippsland Lakes barriers between Lake Tyers in the east and Wilson Promontory in the west, and to present a revised model for the coastal evolution
Regional variation of coastal morphology in southwestern Australia : a synthesis
Australia ; Coastaldynamics ; Coastal environment ; Coastal erosion ; Coastal geomorphology ; Dune ; Lagoon ; Reef ; Spatial variation ; Western Australia
This paper contributes to the knowledge of Western Australian coastal systems through a review of recent investigations of large-scale accretionary landforms, foredune sequences and sandy beach morphology. It examines the association of particular
Geomorphology of the Boao coastal system and potential effects of human activities - Hainan Island, South China
China ; Coastaldynamics ; Coastal environment ; Coastal erosion ; Delta ; Ecosystem ; Environmental management ; Hainandao ; Human impact ; Pool ; Sand bar ; Sediment transport
coastal systems. This paper will provide data and concepts for integrated coastal management to researchers and to staff members of relevant government agencies and enterprises.
Bog ; Coastaldynamics ; Coastal environment ; Foraminifera ; Global change ; Indicator ; Quaternary ; Sea level
This report examines recent developments in relation to present (and anticipated future) sea level, Quaternary sea-level fluctuations, the response of coastal landforms to sea-level change and the use of biological indicators of sea-level change.
Since the reclaimed land is very important for the city, multiple approaches to accelerating siltation are proposed in this paper according to detailed study of dynamics, sedimentary structure and landform evolution based on in situ data
[b1] Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, Chine
Characteristics and dynamics of multiple intertidal bars, north Lincolnshire, England
Coastaldynamics ; Coastal environment ; Coastal geomorphology ; Digital elevation model ; England ; Interannual variability ; Intertidal zone ; Lincolnshire ; United Kingdom
such morphology; to describe the longshore and cross-shore variability of intertidal bar geometry; and to gain insight into inter- and intra-annual intertidal bar dynamics.