Nourishment practices on Australian sandy beaches: A review

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 319-327

  Cooke, Belinda C ^a   Jones, Alan R ^b   Goodwin, Ian D ^a   Bishop, Melanie J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coast; Marine; Replenishment; Scraping; Sediment; Soft engineering

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; SEA LEVEL;

AUSTRALIA; BEACH EROSION; BEACH NOURISHMENT; COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE; MANAGEMENT IS; MARINE; REPLENISHMENT; SANDY BEACH; SCRAPING; SOFT ENGINEERING;

BEACHES;

BEACH; BEACH EROSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; ENGINEERING; LITERATURE REVIEW; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VOLUME;

AUSTRALIA; REVIEW; SANDY SOIL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; SPRING; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WEATHER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84869872853     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.09.025     Document Type: Review

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