RESULTS FROM THE DUTCH ECOBEACH PILOT PROJECT
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Keywords

beach drainage
sediment
morphology
ecobeach

How to Cite

RESULTS FROM THE DUTCH ECOBEACH PILOT PROJECT. (2014). Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(34), posters.26. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v34.posters.26

Abstract

Between 2007 and 2011 a trial has been carried out with the innovative vertical beach drainage system Ecobeach at the beach of Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. The pilot consisted of a field experiment, for which a statistical analysis of measured coastal state indicators was executed, and a scientific part, in which a possible working principle of the system was investigated. A significant increase in beach volume has been found during the test period. Vertical beach drainage could be applied in combination with foreshore nourishments on eroding coastlines.
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References

H.M. Ekkelenkamp: Drainage Tubes versus Sediment, 2011

J.J. Pieterse: The Influence of an Ecobeach PEM in Beach Development, 2009

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