Hybrid engineering incorporating salt marsh terraces into sea wall repair maintains their defence function and creates new habitats

• Published in: Estuarine, coastal and shelf science Vol. 294; p. 108544
• Main Authors: Slee, Nicola J.D., Gardiner, Tim, Underwood, Graham J.C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 05.11.2023
• Subjects: Blue-green infrastructure (BGI); Coastal biodiversity; Colonisation; Microbial mats; Nature-based solutions; Sediment erosion and accretion; Succession; Blue-green infrastructure (BGI); Coastal biodiversity; Succession; Colonisation; Nature-based solutions; Sediment erosion and accretion; Microbial mats

Sea walls are widely-used engineered structures designed to protect low lying land from flooding. Rising sea levels and coastal erosion threatens sea wall integrity and requires maintenance and repair. As an alternative to conventional repairs, a hybrid engineering design incorporating sediment-fill...