View No. 09 (2023): ShoreScape

Janneke van Bergen

356 Pages

ISBN 978-94-6366-696-1

Published: 2023-06-06

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  • Urbanized sandy shores around the world suffer from coastal erosion due to a lack of sediment input and sea level rise. These dynamics place new demands on coastal spatial planning. To compensate for coastal erosion in a more natural and systemic way, sand nourishments are deployed as a ‘Building with Nature’ technique, restoring the sediment balance and promoting dune formation as coastal defence.
    In this research, Building with Nature is reframed as a landscape approach, regenerating...