Assessment of morphological impacts due to construction of artificial islands along the coast of Israel

• Main Author: Toms, G. (author)
• Other Authors: Rijkswaterstaat
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Deltares (WL) 1999
• Subjects: TPG1900; TPG2100; Israel; coastal protection; artificilal islands; Single Island; Triple Islands
• Online Access: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6e5309a8-a2c2-4bf7-9589-f2e324852a82

The study into the feasibility o f the construction of islands off the coast of Israel is being conducted jointly between teams from Israel and The Netherlands as part of agreements for collaboration dating from 1996 and 1997. From early 1997, work began on defining the details of the project plan for the feasibility study. Since late 1997 and through 1998 data collection and analysis was undertaken by the Israel counterparts and modelling preparations were conducted by WL|Delft Hydraulics. In March 1999 the data required for the proposed models had been transferred to WL|Delft HydrauKcs where 2-dimensional flow, wave and morphological computations were conducted. From March to April 1999 the first of three schemes proposed for detailed modelling was investigated in the models. This report describes the overall methodology o f the assessment, by modelling, of the impacts o f island schemes on the central coast o f Israel and in particular the result o f the modelling of the impacts of each scheme, the "airport island scheme off Tel Baruch" plus the "single island scheme off Bat Yam" and the "triple islands scheme off N. Herzliya". The modelling of impacts focused on erosion /accretion of the seabed and coastline caused by the scheme and on proposed remedial measures.