Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Evolutional Trends and the Current Management of the Beach-Dune Systems Along the Western Polish Coast (Southern Baltic Sea)

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Beach Management Tools - Concepts, Methodologies and Case Studies

Part of the book series: Coastal Research Library ((COASTALRL,volume 24))

  • 1306 Accesses

Abstract

The chapter describes evolutional trends and the current management of the beach-dune systems along the western coast of Poland, as exemplified by the Świna Gate Spit. The western coast of Poland, like the remaining part of the Baltic Sea shore, was formed in the Holocene as a result of transformations induced during different stages of the Baltic Sea evolution. Beaches are the extension of the submerged part of the coast. The major beach parameters (height, slope, width, packing of sand and gravel) are associated with storm characteristics.

During the last 8000 years, the shoreline of the western coast of Poland was shifted back and forth, the shifting occurring over longer and shorter periods of time. As a result, the appearance of the coast was thus subject to alterations. Longer evolutional changes in the coastal zone, of a 300-year-long period, resulted in the shoreline being moved south over a total distance exceeding 100 km. The net result was the emergence of a spit consisting of brown, yellow, light-yellow-grey and grey dunes, a picturesque beach-dune landscape being of the highlights of the spit.

Current evolutional trends in the coastal zone affect the choice of methods for protection of beaches and their hinterland. It should be borne in mind that natural processes proceeding at present directly influence the coastal zone management and the organisation of the socio-economic space at the western coast of Poland.

An index of touristic attractiveness for the coastal zone, I TA(CZ), has been developed. The index consists of three components: the index of natural touristic attractiveness, I NTA , the index of cultural touristic attractiveness, I CTA , and the index of techno-infrastructural attractiveness, I TI . The overall index makes it possible to compare the attractiveness of seaside resorts for tourists in a relatively and straightforward manner.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Andrzejewski E (1984) Turystyka (tourism, Eng Summ). In: Augustowski B (ed) Pobrzeże Pomorskie (Pomeranian Shoreland, in Polish). Ossolineum, Wrocław, pp 595–610

    Google Scholar 

  • Basiński T (1995) Protection of the Hel Spit. J Coastal Res Spec Issue 22:198–205

    Google Scholar 

  • Basiński T, Pruszak Z, Tarnowska M, Zeidler R (1993) Ochrona brzegów morskich (marine shore protection, in Polish). Wydawnictwo IBW PAN, Gdańsk, p 536

    Google Scholar 

  • Bażela M, Zralek P (2009) Wybrzeże Bałtyku (Baltic coast, in Polish). Wydawnictwo Bezdroża, Kraków, p 240

    Google Scholar 

  • Bączyk J (1968) Masy wodne południowego Bałtyku i wpływ ich ruchów na polską strefę brzegową (Water mass of the Southern Baltic Sea and the impact of their movements on the Polish coastal zone, Eng Summ). Pr Geograficzne 65:1–124

    Google Scholar 

  • Bogaczewicz-Adamczak B, Miotk G (1985) Z badań biostratygraficznych Zalewu Wiślanego (from biostratigraphical studies of the Vistula Lagoon, Eng Summ). Peribalticum III:113–127

    Google Scholar 

  • Deecke W (1905) Die Oderbank N von Swinemunde. Jahresb d Geogr Ges zu Greiswald 9

    Google Scholar 

  • Dobracka E, Dobracki R (1995) Geology and geodynamic of the cliff coast between Niechorze-Trzęsacz. J Coast Res Spec Issue 22:283–285

    Google Scholar 

  • Florek W (1995) Man’s impact on small river valley development in northern Pomerania. Prace Państ Inst Geolog CXLIX:128–132

    Google Scholar 

  • Hartnack W (1926) Die Küste Hinterpommerns unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Morphologie. Jahrb Geogr Gesell 43(44):1–112

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaszubowski LJ (1988) The Holocene transgression of the Baltic Sea on the middle sea coast in Poland. International Symposium on: Theoretical and applied aspects of coastal and shelf evolution, past and future, The Netherlands, September 19–24, pp 60–63

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaszubowski LJ (1992) Middle and late Holocene transgressions of the Baltic Sea on the central Polish coast. J Coast Res 8(2):301–311

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaszubowski L.J (1993) Late Holocene transgressive cycles of the Baltic Sea. International Symposium on: Quaternary coastal evolution, models, processes and local to global factors, Oostduinkerke (Belgium), September 15–18, pp. 66–71

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaszubowski LJ (1995a) Transgressive cycles of the Baltic Sea. Prace Państ Inst Geolog CXLIX:122–125

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaszubowski LJ (1995b) Cyclical transgressions of the Baltic Sea during the last 8000 years ago. International Symposium on Late Quaternary Coastal Records of Rapid Change, Application to Present and Future Conditions, Antofagasta (Chile), November 19–28, pp 65–66

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaszubowski LJ (1996) Geomorphology and contemporary evolution of the Western Polish Coast. J Coast Res 12(2):484–495

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaszubowski LJ (1999) Contemporary evolutional trends of the central Polish coast, International Conference on The Non-steady State of the inner Shelf and Shoreline: Coastal Change on the Time Scale of Decades to Millennia in the late Quaternary, Honolulu (Hawaii USA), November 9–12, pp 109–111

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaszubowski LJ (2005) Ewolucja wschodniej części bramy Świny w świetle przekroju geologicznego „Świnoujście II” w środkowym i późnym holocenie (evolution of the eastern part of the Świna Gate in the light of the cross-section „Świnoujście II” in middle and late Holocene, in Polish), Wydawnictwo Pomorskiej Akademii Pedagogicznej, Słupsk, pp 137–143

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaszubowski LJ (2006) Charakterystyka granulometryczna osadów przekroju geologicznego „Świnoujście II” (Granulometric characteristics of sediments of the geological cross-section „Świnoujście II”, in Polish) VII Konferencja Naukowa nt Geologia i Geomorfologia Pobrzeża i Południowego Bałtyku, Słupsk-Ustka, pp 42–43

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaszubowski LJ (2016) Seismic profiling of the seabottoms for shallow geological and geotechnical investigations. In: Finkl CW, Makowski C (eds) Seafloor mapping along continental shelves. Coastal research library, vol 13. Springer, Heidelberg, pp 191–243

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Keilhack K (1912) Verlandung der Swinepforte. Jahrb der Preuß Geolog Landesanstalt 32:209–244

    Google Scholar 

  • Kwiecień K (1987) Warunki klimatyczne (climatic conditions, Eng Summ). In: Augustowski B (ed) Bałtyk Południowy (Southern Baltic). Ossolineum, Wrocław, pp 219–288

    Google Scholar 

  • Łabuz TA (2013) Raport-Sposoby ochrony brzegów morskich i ich wpływ na środowisko przyrodnicze polskiego wybrzeża Bałtyku (Report-The methods of coastal protection and their impact on the n atural environment of the Baltic Polish coast, in Polish), WWF Raport, p180

    Google Scholar 

  • Łabuz TA (2015) Coastal dunes: changes of their perception and environmental management. In: Finkl ChW, Makowski C (eds) Environmental management and governance. Advances in cosatal and marine resources series. Coastal Research Library, vol 8. Springer, Heidelberg, pp 323–410

    Google Scholar 

  • McIntyre G, Hetherington A, Inskeep E (1993) Sustainable tourism development: guide for local planners. UNWTO, Madrid

    Google Scholar 

  • Musielak S (1980) Współczesne procesy brzegowe Zatoki Gdańskiej (the present coastal processes in the Gulf of Gdańsk, Eng Summ). Peribalticum I: 17–29

    Google Scholar 

  • Pawłowski S (1923) O wybrzeżu i dnie morza polskiego (Polish coast and seabed, in Polish). Przyroda i Technika 2:385–403

    Google Scholar 

  • Rosa B (1963) O rozwoju morfologicznym wybrzeża Polski w świetle dawnych form brzegowych (morphological development of the Polish coast in the light of the old shore forms, Eng Summ). Stud Societ Scient Torunensis, Sectio C, V, p172

    Google Scholar 

  • Rosa B (1967) Analiza morfologiczna dna południowego Bałtyku (Morphological analysis of the Southern Baltic seabottom, Eng Summ). Wyd Uniw Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń, p p152

    Google Scholar 

  • Rosa B (1984) Rozwój brzegu i jego odcinki akumulacyjne (development of the shore and its accumulation sections, Eng Summ). In: Augustowski B (ed) Pobrzeże Pomorskie (Pomeranian Shoreland). Ossolineum, Wrocław, pp 67–120

    Google Scholar 

  • Rosa B (1987) Pokrywa osadowa i rzeźba dna (Sedimentary cover and surface of the seabottom, Eng Summ). In: Augustowski B (ed) Bałtyk Południowy (Southern Baltic). Ossolineum, Wrocław, pp 67–120

    Google Scholar 

  • Sarosiek L (1972) Zabytkowy kościół w Trzęsaczu (Historical church in Trzęsacz, in Polish) Ziemia 95–101

    Google Scholar 

  • Sauramo M (1958) Die Geschichte der Ostsee. Ann Acad Sci Fennicae Ser A3(51):522

    Google Scholar 

  • Schoeneich K (1962) Uzależnienie przebiegu linii brzegowej południowej części Bałtyku od budowy geologicznej (influence of geological structure on course of shoreline of the southern Baltic Sea, Eng Summ). Zesz Nauk Politech Szczec 49, p 95

    Google Scholar 

  • Stankowski W (1976) Rozwój środowiska fizyczno-geograficznego Polski (the development of the Polish natural environment, in Polish). PWN, Warszawa, p 350

    Google Scholar 

  • Szwichtenberg A (2006) Gospodarka turystyczna polskiego wybrzeża (tourism economy of the Polish coast, in Polish). Wyd Uczel Politech, Koszal, p 180

    Google Scholar 

  • Wiśniewski T (2011) Zastosowanie geosyntetykow w ochronie brzegow morskich (using of geosynthetics in the protection of the marine shores, Eng Summ). Inżynieria Morska i. Geotechnika 4:239–247

    Google Scholar 

  • Zaborowska K (1985) Okrzemki Prajamna (Diatoms of Prajamno, Eng Summ). Peribalticum III:53–65

    Google Scholar 

  • Zachowicz J, Kramarska R, Uścinowicz Sz (1992) Evolution of the Southern Baltic area in Quaternary-new data. In: Lemke W, Lange D, Endler R (eds) The Baltic. Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte 4:164–166

    Google Scholar 

  • Zenkowicz WP (1955) Niektóre zagadnienia brzegów polskiego Bałtyku (some issues of the Polish Baltic shores, in Polish). Tech i Gosp Morska 9:222–226

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland

    Leszek J. Kaszubowski

  2. Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Section of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 70-310, Szczecin, Piastow, 50 Ave, Poland

    Leszek J. Kaszubowski

Authors
  1. Leszek J. Kaszubowski
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Leszek J. Kaszubowski .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. School of Law Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Santa Marta, Colombia

    Camilo M. Botero

  2. Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, University of Colima, Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico

    Omar Cervantes

  3. Coastal Education and Research Foundation (CERF), Fletcher, North Carolina, USA

    Charles W. Finkl

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Kaszubowski, L.J. (2018). Evolutional Trends and the Current Management of the Beach-Dune Systems Along the Western Polish Coast (Southern Baltic Sea). In: Botero, C., Cervantes, O., Finkl, C. (eds) Beach Management Tools - Concepts, Methodologies and Case Studies. Coastal Research Library, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58304-4_6

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation