Abstract
Repetitive data collection is imperative regarding accurate coastal monitoring and appropriate coastal management strategies design. This study analyses high-resolution topo-bathymetric data gathered at Aveiro coast (NW Portugal) between 2012 and 2018. Using Geographic Information System techniques, the beach response and the sediment budget evolution are assessed for both emerged and submerged areas, evidencing places where coastal erosion and accretion occur. The methodology includes creating digital terrain models to compute the volume differences for this period and estimate the sediment budgets. The results are discussed in anthropic activities such as dredging and artificial nourishment operations in this littoral region. An overall erosion tendency is observed on the emerged beach, which seems to be compensated with beach nourishment interventions. However, the submerged beach also reveals a general erosive tendency at the inlet, and, among other factors, it seems to be affected by dredging operations and the southwest extension of the north pier.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Baptista, P., Cunha, T., & Bernardes, C. (2011). The validation analysis of the INSHORE system: A precise and efficient coastal survey system. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 179(1–4), 589–604.
Bonaldo, D., Antonioli, F., Archetti, R., Bezzi, A., Correggiari, A., et al. (2019). Integrating multidisciplinary instruments for assessing coastal vulnerability to erosion and sea-level rise: Lessons and challenges from the Adriatic Sea, Italy. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 23, 19–37.
Dodet, G., Castelle, B., Masselink, G., Scott, T., Davidson, M., Floc’h, F., Jackson, D., & Suanez, S. (2019). Beach recovery from extreme storm activity during the 2013–14 winter along the Atlantic coast of Europe. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44, 393–401.
Fernandéz-Fernandéz, S., Baptista, P., Bernardes, C., Silva, P., Fontán-Bouzas, Á., Lópes-Olmedilla, L., & Ferreira, C. (2019). Variação da linha de costa em praias arenosas: Aveiro (Portugal). In: IX Congresso sobre Planeamento e Gestão das Zonas Costeiras dos Países de Expressão Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Lira, C. P., Silva, A. N., Taborda, R., & Andrade, C. F. (2016). Coastline evolution of Portuguese low-lying sandy coast in the last 50 years: An integrated approach. Earth System Science Data, 8, 265–278.
Luijendijk, A., Hagenaars, G., Ranasinghe, R., Baart, F., Donchysts, G., & Aarninkhof, S. (2018). The state of the World’s Beaches. Scientific Reports, 8, 6641.
Mendes, D., Pais-Barbosa, J., Baptista, P., Silva, P. A., Bernardes, C., & Pinto, C. (2021). Beach response to a shoreface nourishment (Aveiro, Portugal). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9(10), 1112.
Pinto, C. A., Silveira, T., & Teixeira, S. (2020). Beach nourishment practice in mainland Portugal (1950–2017): Overview and retrospective. Ocean and Coastal Management, 192, 105211.
Acknowledgements
This research was made under the scope of “Estudo de Viabilidade da Transposição Aluvionar das Barras de Aveiro e da Figueira da Foz”, supported by the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), the project SandTrack (PTDC/CTA-GEO/31779/2017) funded by FEDER, through COMPETE2020 - Programa Operacional Competitivida-de e Internacionalização (POCI), and by national funds (OE), through FCT/MCTES for the financial support to CESAM (UIDP/50017/2020 + UIDB/50017/2020 + LA/P/0094/2020).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this paper
Cite this paper
Abreu, T. et al. (2023). Analysis of Morphological Changes at Aveiro Coast (NW Portugal) Between 2012 and 2018. In: Malheiro, A., Fernandes, F., Chaminé, H.I. (eds) Advances in Natural Hazards and Volcanic Risks: Shaping a Sustainable Future. NATHAZ 2022. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25042-2_32
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25042-2_32
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-25041-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-031-25042-2
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)