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 …

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 …

Beach nourishment is a proved effective protection approach which has been widely used in
recent years. An Argus video monitoring system has been set up to monitor morphological …

In coastal engineering studies, coastal protection procedures can be provided by hard and
soft methods. Soft methods applied using the right techniques and methods are not only …

Storms can alter the beach shape, relocating large volumes of sediments and generating
drastic changes in the coastline. In the last 60 years, beaches shoreline behaviour has been …

Sand colour can give important information about mineral composition and, consequently,
sediment source areas and input systems. Beach appearance, which is mostly linked to …

Sand is the third most consumed material in the world, although it is a very scarce material.
An exhaustive knowledge of sand and its behaviour against the waves is important for …

A physical model test was carried out to evaluate a measure of reducing sediment transport
in a condition of erosive wave incidence. The erosion trend was analyzed in a beach profile …

Croatia's coast located on the eastern Adriatic is rich with small gravel beaches with limited
fetch. This leads to a specific low-energetic wave climate compared to most other beaches …

Tourism makes an important contribution to the economies of some territories, especially
'sun and sand'tourism that uses public domain areas. Some of these areas are operated …