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Home Courses Introduction to Water and Climate Course materials Lectures 4.2.1 Coastal Engineering

4.2.1 Coastal Engineering

Course week(s) Week 4
Course subject(s) Interventions

Welcome to the second lecture of the module Interventions. In the video below you will learn about Coasts interventions from Marcel Stive and Judith Bosboom.

Lecture slides
Handout

Optional Video: The Sand Engine

To provide more information on the dutch project “The Sand Engine” the following video is shown:

Description of the video:
As beaches around the world rapidly erode, Marcel Stive of the Delft University of Technology says we need to nourish the coasts by putting sand back on the shore. These beaches are vital to coastal cities, holding back the ocean during storms, he said. He has developed the Sand Engine, a means of restoring sand to the beach with minimal environmental impact.

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