Coastal management, the Glossary
Coastal management is defence against flooding and erosion, and techniques that stop erosion to claim lands.[1]
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A-Jacks
A-Jacks are a commercially made concrete product used in both open channel and coastal applications.
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Accretion (coastal management)
Accretion is the process of coastal sediment returning to the visible portion of a beach or foreshore after a submersion event. Coastal management and Accretion (coastal management) are coastal geography.
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Accropode
Accropode blocks are wave-dissipating concrete blocks designed to resist the action of waves on breakwaters and coastal structures. Coastal management and Accropode are coastal engineering.
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Aerial photography
Aerial photography (or airborne imagery) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms.
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Akmon
An akmon is a multi-ton concrete block used for breakwater and seawall armouring.
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Ammophila arenaria
Ammophila arenaria is a species of grass in the family Poaceae.
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Ancient Roman engineering
The ancient Romans were famous for their advanced engineering accomplishments.
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Angle
In Euclidean geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the sides of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle.
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Atmospheric refraction
Atmospheric refraction is the deviation of light or other electromagnetic wave from a straight line as it passes through the atmosphere due to the variation in air density as a function of height.
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Bathymetry
Bathymetry is the study of underwater depth of ocean floors (seabed topography), lake floors, or river floors.
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Beach
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles.
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Beach evolution
Beach evolution occurs at the shoreline where sea, lake or river water is eroding the land. Coastal management and Beach evolution are coastal geography.
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Beach nourishment
Beach nourishment (also referred to as beach renourishment, beach replenishment, or sand replenishment) describes a process by which sediment, usually sand, lost through longshore drift or erosion is replaced from other sources. Coastal management and beach nourishment are coastal engineering.
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Berm
A berm is a level space, shelf, or raised barrier (usually made of compacted soil) separating areas in a vertical way, especially partway up a long slope.
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Bioerosion
Bioerosion describes the breakdown of hard ocean substrates – and less often terrestrial substrates – by living organisms.
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Blowhole (geology)
In geology, a blowhole or marine geyser is formed as sea caves grow landward and upward into vertical shafts and expose themselves toward the surface, which can result in hydraulic compression of seawater that is released through a port from the top of the blowhole. Coastal management and blowhole (geology) are coastal geography.
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Boardwalk
A boardwalk (alternatively board walk, boarded path, or promenade) is an elevated footpath, walkway, or causeway typically built with wooden planks, which functions as a type of low water bridge or small viaduct that enables pedestrians to better cross wet, muddy or marshy lands.
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Breakwater (structure)
A breakwater is a permanent structure constructed at a coastal area to protect against tides, currents, waves, and storm surges. Coastal management and breakwater (structure) are coastal construction and coastal engineering.
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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
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Cakile maritima
Cakile maritima, sea rocket (Britain and Ireland)Clive Stace, New Flora of the British Isles 4th edition 2019, p 441 or European searocket (North America), is a common plant in the mustard family Brassicaceae.
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Camera lens
A camera lens (also known as photographic lens or photographic objective) is an optical lens or assembly of lenses used in conjunction with a camera body and mechanism to make images of objects either on photographic film or on other media capable of storing an image chemically or electronically.
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Châtelaillon-Plage
Châtelaillon-Plage (also), commonly known as Châtelaillon, is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
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Cliff stabilization
Cliff stabilization is a coastal management erosion control technique. Coastal management and Cliff stabilization are coastal engineering.
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Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
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Coast
A coastalso called the coastline, shoreline, or seashoreis the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. Coastal management and coast are coastal geography.
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Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC)
Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC) is a nonprofit organization with a membership of around 500 institutions, NGOs and experts, in 40 countries.
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Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) is a private, nonprofit organization created in 1971.
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Coastal development hazards
A coastal development hazard is something that affects the natural environment by human activities and products. Coastal management and coastal development hazards are coastal engineering.
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Coastal engineering
Coastal engineering is a branch of civil engineering concerned with the specific demands posed by constructing at or near the coast, as well as the development of the coast itself. Coastal management and Coastal engineering are civil engineering, coastal construction and coastal geography.
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Coastal erosion
Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks along the coastline due to the action of waves, currents, tides, wind-driven water, waterborne ice, or other impacts of storms. Coastal management and Coastal erosion are coastal construction, coastal engineering and coastal geography.
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Coastal flooding
Coastal flooding occurs when dry and low-lying land is submerged (flooded) by seawater. Coastal management and Coastal flooding are coastal geography.
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Coastal geography
Coastal geography is the study of the constantly changing region between the ocean and the land, incorporating both the physical geography (i.e. coastal geomorphology, climatology and oceanography) and the human geography (sociology and history) of the coast.
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Coastal management
Coastal management is defence against flooding and erosion, and techniques that stop erosion to claim lands. Coastal management and Coastal management are civil engineering, coastal construction, coastal engineering and coastal geography.
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Coastal morphodynamics
Coastal morphodynamics refers to the study of the interaction and adjustment of the seafloor topography and fluid hydrodynamic processes, seafloor morphologies, and sequences of change dynamics involving the motion of sediment. Coastal management and Coastal morphodynamics are coastal geography.
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Coastal sediment supply
Coastal sediment supply is the transport of sediment to the beach environment by both fluvial and aeolian transport. Coastal management and Coastal sediment supply are coastal geography.
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Computer simulation
Computer simulation is the process of mathematical modelling, performed on a computer, which is designed to predict the behaviour of, or the outcome of, a real-world or physical system.
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Council of Europe
The Council of Europe (CoE; Conseil de l'Europe, CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
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Cuspate foreland
Cuspate forelands, also known as cuspate barriers or nesses in Britain, are geographical features found on coastlines and lakeshores that are created primarily by longshore drift. Coastal management and cuspate foreland are coastal geography.
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Database
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze the data.
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De architectura
De architectura (On architecture, published as Ten Books on Architecture) is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect and military engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus, as a guide for building projects. Coastal management and de architectura are civil engineering.
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Deposition (geology)
Deposition is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or landmass.
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Detention basin
A detention basin or retarding basin is an excavated area installed on, or adjacent to, tributaries of rivers, streams, lakes or bays to protect against flooding and, in some cases, downstream erosion by storing water for a limited period of time.
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Dock
The word dock in American English refers to one or a group of human-made structures that are involved in the handling of boats or ships (usually on or near a shore). Coastal management and dock are coastal construction.
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Dolos
A dolos (plural: dolosse) is a wave-dissipating concrete block used in great numbers as a form of coastal management. Coastal management and dolos are civil engineering, coastal construction and coastal engineering.
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Dune
A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. Coastal management and dune are coastal geography.
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Dutch sand ladder
A Dutch sand ladder is a cable or rope ladder with rungs usually made of wood, lying on a sandy slope to allow persons to ascend or descend with minimal erosion.
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Dynamic equilibrium
In chemistry, a dynamic equilibrium exists once a reversible reaction occurs.
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Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the British Society for Geomorphology.
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Ebro Delta
The Ebro Delta (Delta de l'Ebre,; Delta del Ebro) is the delta region of the Ebro River (Ebre, Ebro) in the southwest of the Province of Tarragona in the region of Catalonia in Spain.
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Elevation
The elevation of a geographic ''location'' is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Vertical datum).
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Erosion
Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.
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Essex
Essex is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties.
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European Council
The European Council (informally EUCO) is a collegiate body (directorial system) that defines the overall political direction and priorities of the European Union.
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Fall of the Western Roman Empire
The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided between several successor polities.
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Flood
A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry.
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Floodgate
Floodgates, also called stop gates, are adjustable gates used to control water flow in flood barriers, reservoir, river, stream, or levee systems.
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Geodetic datum
A geodetic datum or geodetic system (also: geodetic reference datum, geodetic reference system, or geodetic reference frame) is a global datum reference or reference frame for precisely representing the position of locations on Earth or other planetary bodies by means of geodetic coordinates.
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Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.
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Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital, Brisbane.
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Growth management
Growth management, in the United States, is a set of techniques used by the government to ensure that as the population grows that there are services available to meet their demands.
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Groyne
A groyne (in the U.S. groin) is a rigid hydraulic structure built perpendicularly from an ocean shore (in coastal engineering) or a river bank, interrupting water flow and limiting the movement of sediment. Coastal management and groyne are coastal construction.
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Halosere
A halosere is an ecological succession in a saline water saline environments.
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Harbor
A harbor (American English), or harbour (Canadian English, British English; see spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be moored. Coastal management and harbor are coastal construction.
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Hard engineering
Hard engineering involves the construction of hydraulic structures to protect coasts from erosion.
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Honckenya
Honckenya peploides, the sea sandwort (UK) or seaside sandplant (Canada), is the only species in the genus Honckenya of the plant family Caryophyllaceae.
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Honeycomb sea wall
A honeycomb sea wall (also known as a "Seabee") is a coastal defense structure that protects against strong waves and tides. Coastal management and honeycomb sea wall are coastal engineering.
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Hudsonia tomentosa
Hudsonia tomentosa is a species of flowering plant in the rockrose family known by the common names woolly beachheather, beach heather, and sand heather.
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Hyperspectral imaging
Hyperspectral imaging collects and processes information from across the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Image resolution
Image resolution is the level of detail of an image.
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Infrastructure
Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function.
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Integrated coastal zone management
Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM), integrated coastal management (ICM), or integrated coastal planning is a coastal management process for the management of the coast using an integrated approach, regarding all aspects of the coastal zone, including geographical and political boundaries, in an attempt to achieve sustainability. Coastal management and integrated coastal zone management are coastal geography.
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Interpolation
In the mathematical field of numerical analysis, interpolation is a type of estimation, a method of constructing (finding) new data points based on the range of a discrete set of known data points.
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Iva imbricata
Iva imbricata is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names dune marsh-elder and seacoast marsh elder.
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Jetty
A jetty is a structure that projects from land out into water. Coastal management and jetty are coastal construction.
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Lidar
Lidar (also LIDAR, LiDAR or LADAR, an acronym of "light detection and ranging" or "laser imaging, detection, and ranging") is a method for determining ranges by targeting an object or a surface with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected light to return to the receiver.
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List of countries by length of coastline
This article contains a list of countries by length of coastline, in kilometers.
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Littoral zone
The littoral zone, also called litoral or nearshore, is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore. Coastal management and littoral zone are coastal geography.
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Local government
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state.
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Longshore drift
Longshore drift from longshore current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments (clay, silt, pebbles, sand, shingle, shells) along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle of incoming wave direction. Coastal management and longshore drift are coastal geography.
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Mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water.
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Mangrove restoration
Mangrove restoration is the regeneration of mangrove forest ecosystems in areas where they have previously existed.
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Map projection
In cartography, a map projection is any of a broad set of transformations employed to represent the curved two-dimensional surface of a globe on a plane.
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Marsh
In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.
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Microwave
Microwave is a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than other radio waves (as originally discovered) but longer than infrared waves.
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Mosaic
A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface.
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Multispectral imaging
Multispectral imaging captures image data within specific wavelength ranges across the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Natural arch
A natural arch, natural bridge, or (less commonly) rock arch is a natural landform where an arch has formed with an opening underneath. Coastal management and natural arch are coastal geography.
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Natural disaster
A natural disaster is the very harmful impact on a society or community after a natural hazard event.
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North Sea flood of 1953
The 1953 North Sea flood (Watersnoodramp) was a major flood caused by a heavy storm surge that struck the Netherlands, north-west Belgium, England and Scotland.
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Northey Island
Northey Island is an island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex.
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Optical axis
An optical axis is an imaginary line that passes through the geometrical center of an optical system such as a camera lens, microscope or telescopic sight.
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Ordnance Survey
The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain.
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Perpendicular
In geometry, two geometric objects are perpendicular if their intersection forms right angles (angles that are 90 degrees or π/2 radians wide) at the point of intersection called a foot.
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Polar coordinate system
In mathematics, the polar coordinate system is a two-dimensional coordinate system in which each point on a plane is determined by a distance from a reference point and an angle from a reference direction.
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Raised beach
A raised beach, coastal terrace,Pinter, N (2010): 'Coastal Terraces, Sealevel, and Active Tectonics' (educational exercise), from or perched coastline is a relatively flat, horizontal or gently inclined surface of marine origin,Pirazzoli, PA (2005a): 'Marine Terraces', in Schwartz, ML (ed) Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. Coastal management and raised beach are coastal geography.
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Reef
A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Coastal management and reef are coastal geography.
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Remote sensing
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation.
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Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
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Revetment
A revetment in stream restoration, river engineering or coastal engineering is a facing of impact-resistant material (such as stone, concrete, sandbags, or wooden piles) applied to a bank or wall in order to absorb the energy of incoming water and protect it from erosion. Coastal management and revetment are coastal construction and coastal engineering.
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Roman concrete
Roman concrete, also called opus caementicium, was used in construction in ancient Rome.
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Salt marsh
A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. Coastal management and salt marsh are coastal geography.
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Sand dune stabilization
Sand dune stabilization is a coastal management practice designed to prevent erosion of sand dunes. Coastal management and sand dune stabilization are coastal engineering.
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Sand fence
A sand fence or sandbreak, similar to a snow fence, is a barrier used to force windblown, drifting sand to accumulate in a desired place.
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Sandwich, Kent
Sandwich is a town and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, south-east England.
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Satellite
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body.
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Scheldt
The Scheldt (Escaut; Schelde) is a river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea.
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Sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.
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Sea level rise
Between 1901 and 2018, the average sea level rise was, with an increase of per year since the 1970s. Coastal management and sea level rise are coastal geography.
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Season
A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region.
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Seawall
A seawall (or sea wall) is a form of coastal defense constructed where the sea, and associated coastal processes, impact directly upon the landforms of the coast. Coastal management and seawall are coastal engineering.
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Sediment
Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.
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Sedimentary budget
Sedimentary budgets are a coastal management tool used to analyze and describe the different sediment inputs (sources) and outputs (sinks) on the coasts, which is used to predict morphological change in any particular coastline over time.
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Sedimentation
Sedimentation is the deposition of sediments.
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Soft engineering
Regarding the civil engineering of shorelines, soft engineering is a shoreline management practice that uses sustainable ecological principles to restore shoreline stabilization and protect riparian habitats. Coastal management and soft engineering are coastal engineering.
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Spartina
Spartina is a genus of plants in the grass family, frequently found in coastal salt marshes.
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Sporobolus pumilus
Sporobolus pumilus, the saltmeadow cordgrass, also known as salt hay, is a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south along the eastern United States to the Caribbean and north-eastern Mexico.
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Statistical significance
In statistical hypothesis testing, a result has statistical significance when a result at least as "extreme" would be very infrequent if the null hypothesis were true.
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Steam engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.
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Storm
A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body.
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Storm surge
A storm surge, storm flood, tidal surge, or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low-pressure weather systems, such as cyclones.
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Submersion (coastal management)
Submersion is the sustainable cyclic portion of coastal erosion where coastal sediments move from the visible portion of a beach to the submerged nearshore region, and later return to the original visible portion of the beach. Coastal management and Submersion (coastal management) are coastal geography.
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Surveying
Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. Coastal management and surveying are civil engineering.
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Swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.
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Swathe
A swathe (British English, rhymes with "bathe"; or swath American English, rhymes with "cloth") is the strip of cut crop made by a scythe or a mowing-machine.
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Tetrapod (structure)
A tetrapod is a form of wave-dissipating concrete block used to prevent erosion caused by weather and longshore drift, primarily to enforce coastal structures such as seawalls and breakwaters. Coastal management and tetrapod (structure) are coastal engineering.
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Thames Barrier
The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system built to protect the floodplain of most of Greater London from exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea. Coastal management and Thames Barrier are coastal construction.
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Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.
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Tilt (optics)
In optics, tilt is a deviation in the direction a beam of light propagates.
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Tollesbury
Tollesbury is a village in England, located on the Essex coast at the mouth of the River Blackwater.
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Topography
Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces.
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Tsunami warning system
A tsunami warning system (TWS) is used to detect tsunamis in advance and issue the warnings to prevent loss of life and damage to property.
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United Nations Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system.
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Vegetation
Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide.
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Velsen
Velsen is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
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Venetian Lagoon
The Venetian Lagoon (Laguna di Venezia; Łaguna de Venesia) is an enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea, in northern Italy, in which the city of Venice is situated.
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Venice
Venice (Venezia; Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.
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Vertical and horizontal
In astronomy, geography, and related sciences and contexts, a direction or plane passing by a given point is said to be vertical if it contains the local gravity direction at that point.
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Video
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media.
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Vitruvius
Vitruvius (–70 BC – after) was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work titled De architectura.
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Water table
The water table is the upper surface of the zone of saturation.
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Wave-cut platform
A wave-cut platform, shore platform, coastal bench, or wave-cut cliff is the narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by erosion. Coastal management and wave-cut platform are coastal geography.
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Wetland
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.
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Worthing
Worthing is a seaside town and borough in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester.
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Xbloc
An Xbloc is a wave-dissipating concrete block (or "armour unit") designed to protect shores, harbour walls, seawalls, breakwaters and other coastal structures from the direct impact of incoming waves. Coastal management and Xbloc are coastal engineering.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_management
Also known as Beach Management System, Beach Management Systems, Beach drainage, Coast Defence, Coast Management, Coast Mangement, Coast defense, Coast protection, Coastal Defence, Coastal defences, Coastal flood defense, Coastal flood prevention, Coastal protection, Dune stabilisation, Sand Dunes Stabilisation, Sea defence, Sea defences.
, Erosion, Essex, European Council, Fall of the Western Roman Empire, Flood, Floodgate, Geodetic datum, Global Positioning System, Gold Coast, Queensland, Growth management, Groyne, Halosere, Harbor, Hard engineering, Honckenya, Honeycomb sea wall, Hudsonia tomentosa, Hyperspectral imaging, Image resolution, Infrastructure, Integrated coastal zone management, Interpolation, Iva imbricata, Jetty, Lidar, List of countries by length of coastline, Littoral zone, Local government, Longshore drift, Mangrove, Mangrove restoration, Map projection, Marsh, Microwave, Mosaic, Multispectral imaging, Natural arch, Natural disaster, North Sea flood of 1953, Northey Island, Optical axis, Ordnance Survey, Perpendicular, Polar coordinate system, Raised beach, Reef, Remote sensing, Renaissance, Revetment, Roman concrete, Salt marsh, Sand dune stabilization, Sand fence, Sandwich, Kent, Satellite, Scheldt, Sea level, Sea level rise, Season, Seawall, Sediment, Sedimentary budget, Sedimentation, Soft engineering, Spartina, Sporobolus pumilus, Statistical significance, Steam engine, Storm, Storm surge, Submersion (coastal management), Surveying, Swamp, Swathe, Tetrapod (structure), Thames Barrier, Tide, Tilt (optics), Tollesbury, Topography, Tsunami warning system, United Nations Environment Programme, Vegetation, Velsen, Venetian Lagoon, Venice, Vertical and horizontal, Video, Vitruvius, Water table, Wave-cut platform, Wetland, Worthing, Xbloc.