Recent shingle beach renourishment schemes in the UK: Some preliminary observations

McFarland, Stephen; Whitcombe, L. J.; Collins, Michael B.

doi:10.1016/0964-5691(94)90044-2

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“…It enhances recreational values [205] but requires careful implementation. Improper practices may alter natural beach dynamics [206] and impact adjacent coral reefs [207]. To minimize adverse effects, strategies like using compatible sand materials and considering proximity to coral reefs must be employed.…”

Section: Beach Renourishment As a Tool To Stabilize Shoreline Dynamicsmentioning

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Coastal Restoration Challenges and Strategies for Small Island Developing States in the Face of Sea Level Rise and Climate Change

Hernández-Delgado

2024

Coasts

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The climate crisis poses a grave threat to numerous small island developing states (SIDS), intensifying risks from extreme weather events and sea level rise (SLR). This vulnerability heightens the dangers of coastal erosion, chronic water quality degradation, and dwindling coastal resources, demanding global attention. The resultant loss of ecological persistence, functional services, and ecosystem resilience jeopardizes protection against wave action and SLR, endangering coastal habitats’ economic value, food security, infrastructure, and livelihoods. Implementing integrated strategies is imperative. A thorough discussion of available strategies and best management practices for coastal ecosystem restoration is presented in the context of SIDS needs, threats, and major constraints. Solutions must encompass enhanced green infrastructure restoration (coral reefs, seagrass meadows, mangroves/wetlands, urban shorelines), sustainable development practices, circular economy principles, and the adoption of ecological restoration policies. This requires securing creative and sustainable funding, promoting green job creation, and fostering local stakeholder engagement. Tailored to each island’s reality, solutions must overcome numerous socio-economic, logistical, and political obstacles. Despite challenges, timely opportunities exist for coastal habitat restoration and climate change adaptation policies. Integrated strategies spanning disciplines and stakeholders necessitate significant political will.

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Section: Beach Renourishment As a Tool To Stabilize Shoreline Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coastal Restoration Challenges and Strategies for Small Island Developing States in the Face of Sea Level Rise and Climate Change

Hernández-Delgado

2024

Coasts

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“…These guidelines are usually based on experience ("lessons learned") and engineering recommendations for efficient coastal protection, but also incorporate environmental considerations. Comprehensive experiences with nourishment activities in the USA, covering engineering as well as environmental aspects, have been gathered by the National Research Council (1994,1995) (Mangor et al 2017) are more recent publications including guidelines for beach nourishments. While the former manual gives a detailed description of beach management practice (and legal framework) in the UK, the latter is intended as a practical handbook for international stakeholders, e.g.…”

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The sustainability of beach nourishments: A review of nourishment and environmental monitoring practice

Staudt¹,

Gijsman²,

Ganal³

et al. 2022

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Beach nourishments are a widely used method to mitigate erosion along flood-prone sandy shorelines. In contrast to hard coastal protection structures, nourishments are considered as soft engineering, although little is known about the cumulative, long-term environmental effects of both marine sediment extraction and nourishment activities. Recent endeavours to sustain the marine ecosystem and research results on the environmental impact of sediment extraction and nourishment activities are driving the need for a comprehensive up-to-date review of beach nourishment practice, and to evaluate the physical and ecological sustainability of these activities. While existing reviews of nourishment practice have focused on the general design (motivation, techniques and methods, international overview of sites and volumes) as well as legal and financial aspects, this study reviews and compares not only nourishment practice but also the accompanying assessment and monitoring of environmental impacts in a number of developed countries around the world. The review shows differences in coastal management strategies and legislation as well as large dissimilarities in the licensing process for both marine sediment extraction and nourishment activities. The spatial disturbance of the marine environment that is considered a significant impact varies substantially between countries. Combined with the large uncertainties of the long-term ecological and geomorphological impacts, these results question the assumption that nourishments are a sustainable method for coastal protection.

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“…Nourishments can be constructed using various sediment types originating from inland or marine sources (such as sand 14 , shingle 34 , cobbles 35 , and/or cohesive clays 18,36 ), and can be placed on the above-water beach (beach nourishment) or submerged nearshore beach profile (shoreface nourishment) 6,14 . The sediment (fill material) is extracted from a borrow site, either, for the sole purpose of nourishment or as a result of nearby projects, such as excavation for development, harbor channel deepening or removal of excess sand near a coastal structure 13 .…”

Section: [H1] Beach Sand Nourishmentmentioning

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Beach nourishment has complex implications for the future of sandy shores

Schipper

Ludka

Raubenheimer

et al. 2020

Nat Rev Earth Environ

111

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Recent shingle beach renourishment schemes in the UK: Some preliminary observations

Cited by 12 publications

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Coastal Restoration Challenges and Strategies for Small Island Developing States in the Face of Sea Level Rise and Climate Change

Coastal Restoration Challenges and Strategies for Small Island Developing States in the Face of Sea Level Rise and Climate Change

The sustainability of beach nourishments: A review of nourishment and environmental monitoring practice

Beach nourishment has complex implications for the future of sandy shores

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