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Beach Nourishment: Case Studies

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Engineered Coasts

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

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Just when humans first renourished a beach is unknown. However, the first example may well have occurred more than 2000 years ago when Cleopatra had sand from Egypt shipped to “...Turkey so that she would not have to step on foreign soil”[1]. Nevertheless, the artificial nourishment of beaches is relatively new as a method of coping with coastal erosion.

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    Jiyu Chen

  2. Utrecht University, Texel, The Netherlands

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Walker, H.J., Finkl, C.W. (2002). Beach Nourishment: Case Studies. 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_2

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