Stable Bay Theory and Integrated Coastal Development: A Case Study
This paper describes how breaches are the most natural form of coastal defense and so it makes sense to include them as an integral part of coastal development and management. As will be described in more detail in following sections of the paper, bays form a crenulated shape when they have reached static equilibrium and this can be exploited by constructing artificial headlands, between where a crenulated shape bay will form. Headland control, which is based on the parabolic bay theory, has so far not been very popular as a means of protecting the coast. One reason is the uncertainty of the bay stability when there is no single predominant wave direction. This paper investigates the application of the parabolic bay theory to a site in the United Kingdom (UK), and the uncertainty associated with variations in the key parameters that are required by the theory.
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Corporate Authors:
Thomas Telford Limited
London, United Kingdom -
Authors:
- Reeve, Dominic
- Bovey, Helen
- Guthrie, Greg
- Budzynski, Chris
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Conference:
- The International Conference on Coastal Management
- Location: Brighton , United Kingdom
- Date: 2003-10-15 to 2003-10-17
- Publication Date: 2003
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; Maps; References;
- Pagination: pp 313-326
- Monograph Title: International Conference on Coastal Management 2003
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bays; Case studies; Coast and river protective works; Coastal engineering; Coastal zone management; Defense; Parabolas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Breach; Coastal areas; Coastal development; Coastal environment
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Marine Transportation; Policy;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01042005
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0727732552
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 1 2007 8:31AM