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In the last few years, environmental impact has been one of the most discussed topics in Coastal Engineering. Actually, conferences on subjects like “soft shore protection” or “environment friendly-structures” have been held all over the world. However, there is still not a general agreement on what environment-friendly means for a coastal protection structure. In this work we try to give a better clarification of this subject by showing some relatively new coastal protection structures that can be considered environment-friendly. Results from laboratory experiments, numerical simulations and field experiments are reported. Concerning Low-Crested Structures (LCSs), laboratory experiments on the piling-up phenomenon are presented. Numerical simulations of flow field around a submerged groin and the morphodynamics measured by field monitoring are discussed. Finally, two case studies of gravel nourishment and their effectiveness are described.
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Cappietti, L., Aminti, P.L. (2005). Rehabilitation of Highly Protected Beaches by Using Environment-Friendly Structures. In: Zimmermann, C., Dean, R.G., Penchev, V., Verhagen, H.J. (eds) Environmentally Friendly Coastal Protection. NATO Science Series, vol 53. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3301-X_10
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