The historical evolution of sandy beaches on the coast of Alicante (Spain) has been analysed from aerial images from 1956 to 2019. The beach nourishments carried out in the 1990s to avoid coastal damages and to improve the touristic offer were studied. Shoreline evolution and beach surface has been obtained using GIS. The change of the sediment composition, from gravel to sand, due to the fills has caused a relevant imbalance. Beach nourishments failed its main aim of avoiding the shoreline erosion, causing environmental damages to the nearby Posidonia oceanica meadows.
University of Alicante, Spain - ORCID: 0000-0002-2906-5604
University of Alicante, Spain - ORCID: 0000-0002-5723-3046
University of Alicante, Spain - ORCID: 0000-0002-8999-064X
University of Alicante, Spain - ORCID: 0000-0002-7883-6532
Titolo del capitolo
Experiences with beach nourishments on the coast of Alicante, Spain
Autori
José Ignacio Pagán, Isabel López, Luis Aragonés, Antonio J. Tenza-Abril
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1.44
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Copyright
© 2020 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
Eighth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas. Problems and Measurement Techniques”
Sottotitolo del libro
Livorno (Italy) June 2020
Curatori
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Copyright
© 2020 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-147-1
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-148-8
Collana
Proceedings e report
ISSN della collana
2704-601X
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5846