The use of hard coastal-defence structures, like breakwaters and seawalls, is rapidly increasing to prevent coastal erosion. We compared low-shore assemblages between wave-protected and wave-exposed habitats on breakwaters along a sandy shore of Tuscany (North-Western Mediterranean). Assemblages were generally characterized by a low diversity of taxa, with space monopolized by Mytilus galloprov...

Storm surges can lead to serious natural hazards and pose great threats coastal areas, especially developed deltas. Assessing the risk of storm on infrastructures is crucial for regional economic development disaster mitigation. Combining in situ observations, remote sensing retrievals, numerical simulation, surge floods Yellow River Delta (YRD) were calculated different scenarios. The results ...

A new method to determine design scour levels for dune revetments and seawalls is presented. The based on the thesis that toe a function of nearshore incident wave energy was calibrated with results from several moveable bed model studies covering large range scales. determines still water level datum defined at wave-breaking location. Therefore, incorporates many more parameters than those per...