• Paddy fields and seawalls within typhoon swath can reduce the economic damage caused by typhoons in China. Typhoon protection provided paddy China was estimated on a monetary basis using 30 years of data. Seawalls rank over for terms cost effectiveness. suffers from frequently. The population property coastal areas mainly relies seawalls. As largest artificial wetlands China, have been proven...

Reduction of risks due to overtopping coastal defences is an essential requirement for the design, management and adaptation structures. Extensive knowledge available on prediction smooth, sloping vertical impermeable seawalls. The existing methods provide less certain guidance combined wind swell conditions. This experimental study focuses characteristics seawalls under random bimodal waves. B...

V. W. Y. Tam · L. Y. Shen · Risk Management for Contractors in Marine Projects ... · pp 403-410 Introduction Marine projects are one of major work in the Hong Kong construction industry. More than forty marine projects are in progress by the Hong Kong government (see Table 1) (Hong Kong Government, 2007), which include bulkheads, seawalls, foundation piles, docks, inspections, piers dredging an...