Soft Shore Protection : An Environmental Innovation in Coastal Engineering

The shift from hard shore to soft shore protection has been an impetus to further our understanding of coastal processes and to develop effective, environmentally friendly, and low-cost defence strategies against the erosive sea action.

This collection of application-oriented contributions on Soft Shore Protection represents a milestone for environmental coastal engineering science and technology.

It covers, among other subjects, nourishing techniques and light structures that slow down or even eliminate erosion, as well as possibilities that coastal management authorities and specialists need to know.

Scientists at engineering, earth sciences and oceanography faculties and institutions will find essential information on this new, expanding field.

This volume resulting from the Soft Shore Protection Conference 2000 is directed to educators, students, design coastal engineers, contractors, and national and local coast managers around the world.

The CD-ROM contains full color images of a selection of illustrations printed as black and white figures in the book.