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Coastal Erosion and Protection in Europe
20131. Introduction Enzo Pranzini and Allan T. Williams 2. Russia Ruben Kosyan, Marina Krylenko, Daria Ryabchuk and Boris Chubarenko 3. Sweden Magnus Larson and Hans Hanson 4. The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Hannes Tonisson, Kaarel Orviku, Janis Lapinskis, Saulius Gulbinskas and Rimas Zaromskis 5. Poland Kazimierz Furmanczyk 6. Denmark Per
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Protecting the Coastal and Marine Environment
Abstract The coastal and marine environment performs several key functions—regulating the climate, sequestering carbon dioxide, and sustaining essential biological processes. With close to a quarter of the world’s population living in coastal and adjacent areas and millions depending on coastal and marine ecosystems and resources for ...openaire +1 more source
Coastal Protection Degradation Scenarios
2015This chapter is dedicated to the systems of protection against the marine floods and more particularly it concerns earth-fill or mixed dikes which constitute the major part of these protections. After a reminder of the structure and the functions of dikes, the main failure modes are described and illustrated by feedback of recent experiences.
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