Bar Beach Erosion Problem: Available Options Towards A Lasting Solution To The Erosion Problem

Beach nourishment is the process of dumping sand on the beach to increase the width or the height of the beach. For along time this had been the most widely used on the beach. Table shows the many beach nourishment programs that have been implemented on the beach. While beach nourishment is regarded...

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Format: Report
Language:English
Published: 2003
Subjects:
Beach erosion
Victoria Island
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1834/551
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spelling ftoceandocs:oai:aquadocs.org:1834/551 2024-06-09T07:50:06+00:00 Bar Beach Erosion Problem: Available Options Towards A Lasting Solution To The Erosion Problem Victoria Island, Nigeria 2003 114345 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1834/551 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/1834/551 Beach erosion Working Paper Non-Refereed 2003 ftoceandocs 2024-05-15T08:02:16Z Beach nourishment is the process of dumping sand on the beach to increase the width or the height of the beach. For along time this had been the most widely used on the beach. Table shows the many beach nourishment programs that have been implemented on the beach. While beach nourishment is regarded as soft and environmentally friendly method of combating coastal erosion it is a stopgap temporary measure. It requires periodic implementation. The return period of the nourishment programs since 1982 averages two years. This option is only a stopgap measure and not permanent. Hence this option cannot be viewed as a lasting solution to the problem. Unpublished Report Victoria Island IODE-UNESCO: OceanDocs - E-Repository of Ocean Publications
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Bar Beach Erosion Problem: Available Options Towards A Lasting Solution To The Erosion Problem
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description Beach nourishment is the process of dumping sand on the beach to increase the width or the height of the beach. For along time this had been the most widely used on the beach. Table shows the many beach nourishment programs that have been implemented on the beach. While beach nourishment is regarded as soft and environmentally friendly method of combating coastal erosion it is a stopgap temporary measure. It requires periodic implementation. The return period of the nourishment programs since 1982 averages two years. This option is only a stopgap measure and not permanent. Hence this option cannot be viewed as a lasting solution to the problem. Unpublished
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title Bar Beach Erosion Problem: Available Options Towards A Lasting Solution To The Erosion Problem
title_short Bar Beach Erosion Problem: Available Options Towards A Lasting Solution To The Erosion Problem
title_full Bar Beach Erosion Problem: Available Options Towards A Lasting Solution To The Erosion Problem
title_fullStr Bar Beach Erosion Problem: Available Options Towards A Lasting Solution To The Erosion Problem
title_full_unstemmed Bar Beach Erosion Problem: Available Options Towards A Lasting Solution To The Erosion Problem
title_sort bar beach erosion problem: available options towards a lasting solution to the erosion problem
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