Sand dune processes and management for flood and coastal defence. Part 1: Project overview and recommendations Technical Report
- Author
- Royal Holloway University of London, and Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd.
- Year
- 2007
- Publisher / Organisation
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London, UK
- Month
- June
- Pages
- 65
- Keywords
- Coastal flood risk management, natural sea defences, coastal dune management
- Summary
- This is not a NZ paper Sand dune systems can provide an important natural coastal flood defence and are also of great importance from nature conservation, recreation and tourism perspectives. This project was based on a recognition that (a) considerable information exists about the ecology of coastal dune systems in England and Wales but geomorphological, sedimentological and engineering management aspects have been relatively neglected, and (b) recent changes in coastal management philosophy towards adaptation and risk management mean that there is increasing interest in developing new methods of managing coastal dunes as dynamic natural defences. To this end a better understanding of the physical nature of sand dune systems, and of sand dune processes, is required.