Living with coastal erosion in Happisburgh, East Anglia

From the air, it is possible to see why the village of Happisburgh in Norfolk is being consumed by coastal erosion. The coastline on which the village sits is being eroded by the sea at a rate of 12 metres per year. A local resident has been studying the erosion from the air and takes reporter Andrew Marr on an aerial tour of the area. The surrounding land used to be salt marsh but was drained in the 11th century to create new farmland. Includes aerial shots of the remains of the revetments which used to protect the...

Port breakwaters and coastal erosion

This article describes the impacts of breakwaters for three different types of ports on coastal erosion. The discussed ports are examples of ports in an "isolated environment", with a rivermouth in the sea and with the mouth of a large estuary. Assessment framework The analysis of the effects of the port breakwaters on coastal erosion cannot be approached without replacing the structure in its whole environment (Morphogic, Hydraulic, Lithologic). In addition it must be approached thinking of the relationship between the "vulnerability" and the "risk" (if one is invulnerable one does not risk anything). The risk is related...

Shore protection manual

This is volume one, two of a three volume set. The Shore Protection Manual is in three volumes. Volume I describes the physical environment in the coastal zone starting with an introduction of coastal engineering, continuing with discussions of mechanics of wave motion, wave and water level predictions, and finally littoral processes. Volume II translates the interaction of the physical environment and coastal structures into design parameters for use in the solution of coastal engineering problems. It discusses planning, analysis, structural features, and structural design as related to physical factors, and shows an example of a coastal engineering problem which...

Mechanism of coastal erosion at Doi Duong Beach – Phan Thiet city and proposing the prevention methods

Mechanism of coastal erosion at Doi Duong Beach – Phan Thiet city and proposing the prevention methods Huynh Trung Tin 1), Yoshiaki Nishikawa 2), Nguyen Thanh Luan3),  Bui Trong Vinh 1) 1) Faculty of Geology & Petroleum Engineering – Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology 2) Kankyo-Kogaku Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan 2) Key Laboratory of River and Coastal Engineering Abstract: Coastal erosion is a natural phenomenon occurs along to Vietnamese coastline as well as other countries around the world, where the coastal process is occurring. However, climate change and human activities cause this problem more seriously. In...