General
Seawalls are erected in an attempt to reduce beach erosion and
wave impact, and have historically been a common approach to managing
shoreline erosion. Three potential impacts of these structures include
impoundment or placement loss, passive erosion, and active erosion.
Protocol
Not Available
Costs
No standard costs available for sea wall monitoring
Case studies
Interactions of seawalls and beaches
http://www.stormingmedia.us/17/1783/A178323.html
Application of photogrammetry in monitoring of marine rubble structures
http://rincon.gps.caltech.edu/FIG10sym/pdf/Session%20II_Paper%202.pdf
North Sydney Council
Seawall Asset Management Plan, 2002.
Procedural Guidance Document: Monitoring
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/pgd/pgd-mon.html
People Contacts
Dr Gee Chapman
EICC
02 9351 2590
Organisation Contacts
Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities
eicc@bio.usyd.edu.au
Advanced References
Lee, H.J., Chu, Y,S. and Park, Y.A. (1999). Sedimentary processes
of fine-grained material and the effect of seawall construction
in the Daeho macrotidal flat–nearshore area, northern west
coast of Korea, Marine Geology 157 (3-4) pp 171-184.
Dean, R.G., Chen, R. and Browder, A.E. (1997). Full scale monitoring
study of a submerged breakwater, Palm Beach, Florida, USA, Coastal
Engineering 29 (3-4) pp 291-315.
Jackson, N.L. and Jackson, K.F. (1994). The mobility of beach fill
in front of a seawall on an estuarine shoreline, Cliffwood Beach,
New Jersey, USA, Ocean & Coastal Management, 23 (2) pp 149-166.
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