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Beach Nourishment

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Engineered Coasts

Part of the book series: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins ((CSCM,volume 6))

Abstract

The coastal zone has long been one of the most intensely utilized segments of the landscape. Its juxtaposition between land and sea and its varied and abundant resources have been so attractive to humans that today within the industrialized countries of the world some 50% of the population lives near a coast[1]. With such a concentration of people within such a finite area, coastal problems including resource destruction, flooding, pollution, and shoreline erosion are becoming increasingly important. Although these problems are very serious along many coasts today, there is concern that they will be amplified in the near future because of global warming induced acceleration in the rate of sea-level rise[2].

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  1. Coastal Education and Research, 1656 Cypress Row Drive, West Palm Beach, Florida, 33411, USA

    C. W. Finkl

  2. Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803-4105, USA

    H. J. Walker

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, P.R. China

    Jiyu Chen

  2. Utrecht University, Texel, The Netherlands

    Doeke Eisma (Emeritus Professor) (Emeritus Professor)

  3. Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, The Netherlands

    Doeke Eisma (Emeritus Professor) (Emeritus Professor)

  4. College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, Chiba, Japan

    Kenji Hotta

  5. Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

    H. Jesse Walker

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Finkl, C.W., Walker, H.J. (2002). Beach Nourishment. In: Chen, J., Eisma, D., Hotta, K., Walker, H.J. (eds) Engineered Coasts. Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0099-3_1

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