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
Chapter Title
Experiences with beach nourishments on the coast of Alicante, Spain
Authors
José Ignacio Pagán, Isabel López, Luis Aragonés, Antonio J. Tenza-Abril
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1.44
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Publication Year
2020
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Book Title
Eighth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas. Problems and Measurement Techniques”
Book Subtitle
Livorno (Italy) June 2020
Editors
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi
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Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
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
Series Title
Proceedings e report
Series ISSN
2704-601X
Series E-ISSN
2704-5846