Shoreline Dynamics and Beach Erosion

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Baltic Sea; barrier island; barrier migration; barrier spit; beach; beach erosion; beach erosion drivers; beach evolution; beach gravels; beach sediment budget; BG model; Black Sea; Boussinesq Wave model; Campi Flegrei; Canary Islands; cliff; cliff instability; coastal; coastal changes; coastal defences; coastal dune and beach management; coastal dynamics; coastal hydrodynamics; coastal morphology; coastal susceptibility and risk; coastal system analysis and modeling; coastal vulnerability assessment; coastal zone dynamics; coastline defense and anthropization; crenulated-bay beach; cross-shore bar migration; CVA approach; DESCR framework; dynamics; extra-tropical storm; extreme wave storms; feed-back processes; field data; gravel grain shape; high-angle waves; hurricane; Hurricane Charley; hydro-meteorological extremes; hyperbolic-tangent shape; infrastructure damage; InSAR; Italy; La Mancha lagoon; Lingayen Gulf; lithodynamics; lithostatistical analysis; Magdalena River; mangroves; Molise coast; morpho-sedimentological characterization; nearshore bars; North Captiva Island; overwash; Philippines; rate of longshore sand transport; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; rock falls; sand spit; sandy spit; sea level rise; sediment compaction; sediment transport; shoreline change; shoreline evolution; shoreline instability; shoreline response; socioeconomic impacts; southern Italy; storms; subsidence; Suruga Bay; teleconnection patterns; Tenerife; tidal levels; tourist beaches; UAV data elaboration; volcanic coast; wave climate; wave conditions; wave non-linearity
• ISBN: 3036574387; 9783036574387; 3036574395; 9783036574394
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-7439-4

Coasts are highly dynamic and geomorphologically complex systems that evolve under the growing pressures of climate change and anthropogenic activities, which can have direct or indirect impacts on the coastal environment. Among the major adverse effects, coastal erosion represents one of the most pressing global issues, especially in flat and low-lying coastal areas that appear to be particularly susceptible to beach erosion and related shoreline retreat. This Special Issue presents twelve papers on “Shoreline Dynamics and Beach Erosion” that contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the dynamics and spatial-temporal evolution of shorelines and beach systems. Using multi-, interdisciplinary, and new experimental approaches, coastal systems of variable complexities located in different geographic and climatic contexts are investigated. The major topics covered concern the morphodynamics and hydrodynamics of coastal systems, the driving factors of coastal erosion, and the use of models and indexes to study coastal vulnerability, and the mitigation of human and natural pressures affecting coastal ecosystems.