Coastal erosion and accretion in Kuwait – Problems and management strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 76-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Neelamani
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Erosion ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Erosion And Accretion

Retrospective on the 1970’s “Low Cost Shore Protection” program

Shore & Beach ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Joan Pope
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Erosion ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Coastal Engineering ◽  
Shoreline Erosion ◽  
Shore Protection ◽  
Demonstration Program ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
The U.S

In the 1970s, the U.S. Congress authorized and funded a five-year demonstration program on low-cost methods for shore protection called the “U.S. Army Engineers Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration (Section 54) Program.” The Section 54 also known as the “Low-Cost Shore Protection” demonstration program is revisited. Demonstration and monitoring sites including the materials, devices, vegetative plantings, approaches tested, and program findings are discussed. Simply put, a major finding of the Section 54 program was that the concept of “low-cost shore protection” was a bit naïve. However, the program did lead to a wealth of public information documents and practical coastal engineering lessons that are still resonating as home owners, communities, and engineers consider alternative approaches for managing coastal erosion. The program structure and findings are applicable 40 years later as consideration is given toward the use of Natural and Nature-based Features (NNBF) for addressing coastal erosion. Evolution in thought relative to coastal erosion and shoreline enhancement activities since the 1970s has built upon many of the lessons and concepts of the Section 54 program and other real-world coastal erosion management success-failure experiences. This growth has led to a modern appreciation that those features that emulate NNBF are promising and responsible alternative coastal erosion management strategies if proper engineering standard elements of design are included in the project.

Management strategies for coastal erosion problems in west Africa: Analysis, issues, and constraints drawn from the examples of Senegal and Benin

2018 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 92-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdoulaye Ndour ◽  
Raoul A. Laïbi ◽  
Mamadou Sadio ◽  
Cossi G.E. Degbe ◽  
Amadou T. Diaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Coastal Erosion ◽  
Management Strategies

scholarly journals MONITORING EROSION AND ACCRETION SITUATION IN THE COASTAL ZONE AT KIEN GIANG PROVINCE

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-3/W4 ◽  
pp. 197-203
Author(s):  
N. T. H. Diep ◽  
N. T. Loi ◽  
N. T. Can
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Coastal Erosion ◽  
Landsat Imagery ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
The West ◽  
Shoreline Changes ◽  
Water Index ◽  
Normalized Difference Water Index ◽  
Erosion And Accretion

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Kien Giang is one of the coastal provinces in the Mekong Delta which is facing the problem of coastal erosion to affect people’s life in the coastal area. This project aims to monitor shoreline and to assess landslide and accretion situation in the period from 1975 to 2015 in the coastal area of Kien Giang province. The study applied Normalized Difference Water Index (MNWI) method and water level extraction using LANDSAT imagery from 1975 to 2015 for highlight the shoreline. Thus, analysis was identified erosion and accretion areas based on shoreline changes and land use influenced by landslides and deposition. The results show to create shoreline changes from 1997 to 2015 in the coastal area of Kien Giang province. A landslide occurred in the west from Nguyen Viet Khai commune to Thuan Hoa commune and Nam Yen commune to Vinh Hoa Hiep commune, Rach Gia city, Kien Giang province. An accretion situation was determined in the areas from Thuan Hoa commune, An Minh district to Nam Thai commune, An Bien district, Kien Giang province, Rach Gia sea encroachment at Rach Gia town and Ha Tien encroachment area at Ha Tien town, Kien Giang province. In general, the coastal area of Kien Giang province has a predominant tendency of accretion, however, the occurrence of erosion and accretion are happened interlacing in the coastal area at Kien Giang province.</p>

scholarly journals Impact Analysis on the Coastal Erosion and Accretion due to Relocation of the Breakwaters

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung-Chul Lee ◽  
Joong-Woo Lee ◽  
Kang-Min Kim ◽  
Ki-Dam Kim
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Erosion ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Erosion And Accretion
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