Beach Nourishment Projects

Oral

1159 - Monitoring Of Environmental Impacts In Worldwide Beach Nourishment Practice

Presenting Author(s)

• FS

  Franziska Staudt, MSc, PhD

  Postdoctoral Researcher
  Forschungszentrum Kueste (FZK)

Additional Author #1(s)

• BD

  Bjoern Deutschmann

Additional Author #2(s)

• CG

  Caroline Ganal

Additional Author #3(s)

• 

  Rik Gijsman, MSc

  PhD student
  Leibniz University Hanover

Additional Author #4(s)

• HC

  H. Christian Hass

Additional Author #5(s)

• HH

  Henner Hollert

Additional Author #6(s)

• FM

  Finn Mielck

Additional Author #8(s)

• GS

  Gholamreza Shiravani

  Forschungszentrum Kueste (FZK)

Additional Author #9(s)

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  Stefan Schimmels, Dr.-Ing

  Institution Head
  Forschungszentrum Küste (FZK), Hannover, Germany

Additional Author #10(s)

• AS

  Agnieszka Strusinska-Correia

Additional Author #11(s)

• JV

  Jan Visscher

Additional Author #12(s)

• JW

  Johanna Wolbring

In many coastal regions beach nourishments are carried out as “environmentally friendly” alternative to hard coastal protection structures. However, the extraction, transport and deposition of sediment can have (long-term) impacts on the coastal environment, which are often not completely understood. Subsequently, these impacts are underestimated in beach nourishment design and practice, leading to an insufficient implementation of the ecosystem approach to coastal management. In a first step towards a comprehensive strategy for more sustainable beach nourishments this study compares the current nourishment practice in selected countries worldwide, especially regarding the consideration and monitoring of environmental impacts.