COAST4US: APPLICATION OF THE COAST TOOL TO THE PORTUGUESE WEST COASTLINE

C. C. Ferreira; P. Narra; B. Mendiguren; A. Cardoso; C. Coelho; M. Lima; B. Rocha

COAST4US: APPLICATION OF THE COAST TOOL TO THE PORTUGUESE WEST COASTLINE

C. C. Ferreira, P. Narra, B. Mendiguren, A. Cardoso, C. Coelho, M. Lima, B. Rocha

FCNET - Faculty of Natural Sciences, Engineering and Tecnology

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Abstract

Over the years, people have been settling in coastal areas, as they provide opportunities, both economically and in terms of well-being and leisure. However, the coastline is also exposed to serious problems of coastal erosion, particularly on urban fronts, increasing the consequences derived from adjacent phenomena such as overtopping and flooding. It is therefore essential to deepen the study of strategies for the prediction, prevention and mitigation of this phenomenon. In this sense, COAST (Coast Optimization Assessment Tool), a tool for integrated cost-benefit analysis of coastal interventions to mitigate erosion problems, was developed. The COAST4US project - Application of the COAST tool to the Portuguese coast - aims to contribute to the feasibility of applying this tool in real situations, contributing to an efficient mitigation of coastal erosion, and providing decision makers with more and better information. The project proposes to apply COAST to three stretches of coastline at high risk of coastal erosion on the Portuguese west coast: Aveiro, Figueira da Foz, and Costa de Caparica. The project is divided in several tasks, including scenario modeling, cost prediction and benefit assessment, being this work focused on benefit assessment by estimating the value of each beach, and analyzing the effectiveness of three nourishment scenarios.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference
Editors	Daniel Cox
Publisher	American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Edition	37
ISBN (Electronic)	9780989661164
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2023
Event	37th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2022 - Sydney, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2022 → 9 Dec 2022

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference
Number	37
ISSN (Print)	0161-3782

Conference

Conference	37th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2022
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	4/12/22 → 9/12/22

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). All rights reserved.

Funding

The authors express their thanks to all members of the technical team that developed the study and all public entities that cooperate with the investigation. The project COAST4US is funded by the EEA Grants, within the scope of the Blue Growth program, managed by the Direção-Geral de Política do Mar.

Funders	Funder number
Direção-Geral de Política do Mar
European Environment Agency

Keywords

COAST software
artificial nourishment
coastal erosion

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Ferreira, CC, Narra, P, Mendiguren, B, Cardoso, A, Coelho, C, Lima, M & Rocha, B 2023, COAST4US: APPLICATION OF THE COAST TOOL TO THE PORTUGUESE WEST COASTLINE. in D Cox (ed.), Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference. 37 edn, Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference, no. 37, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 37th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2022, Sydney, Australia, 4/12/22.

COAST4US: APPLICATION OF THE COAST TOOL TO THE PORTUGUESE WEST COASTLINE. / Ferreira, C. C.; Narra, P.; Mendiguren, B. et al.
Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference. ed. / Daniel Cox. 37. ed. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2023. (Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference; No. 37).

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