Beach nourishment—the addition of sand to increase the width or sand volume of the beach—
is a widespread coastal management technique to counteract coastal erosion. Globally …

This volume discusses the role of humans in transforming the coastal landscape. The book
details the many ways beaches and dunes are eliminated, altered and replaced and the …

海滩是激浪作用下泥沙在激浪带的堆积, 是海岸带最活跃的地貌单元. 近年来,
由于世纪性的海平面上升, 侵蚀型海滩范围扩大, 侵蚀加重, 海滩宽度变窄 …

Tropical beaches provide coastal flood protection, income from tourism, and habitat for
flagship species. They urgently need protection from erosion, which is being exacerbated by …

This new edition-now with Nancy Jackson as a co-author-continues the themes of the first
edition: the need to restore the biodiversity, ecosystem health, and ecosystem services …

Beach nourishment is a common coastal management strategy used to combat erosion
along sandy coastlines. It involves building out a beach with sand dredged from another …

Four southern California beaches were nourished with offshore sand placed as subaerial
pads several meters thick,∼ 50 m wide, and spanning between 500 and 1500 m …

Beach nourishment, a method for mitigating coastal storm damage or chronic erosion by
deliberately replacing sand on an eroded beach, has been the leading form of coastal …

Abstract The US Geological Survey is systematically analyzing historical shoreline changes
along open-ocean sandy shores of the United States. This National Assessment of …

Actions taken to prevent or reduce coastal erosion often do not have the desired effect,
leading to major problems instead of solving the original one. This research focuses on why …