Journal article
Design options, implementation issues and evaluating success of ecologically engineered shorelines
RL Morris, EC Heery, LHL Loke, E Lau, EMA Strain, L Airoldi, KA Alexander, MJ Bishop, RA Coleman, JR Cordell, YW Dong, LB Firth, SJ Hawkins, T Heath, M Kokora, SY Lee, JK Miller, S Perkol-Finkel, A Rella, PD Steinberg Show all
Oceanography and Marine Biology: an annual review | CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP | Published : 2019
Abstract
Human population growth and accelerating coastal development have been the drivers for unprecedented construction of artificial structures along shorelines globally. Construction has been recently amplified by societal responses to reduce flood and erosion risks from rising sea levels and more extreme storms resulting from climate change. Such structures, leading to highly modified shorelines, deliver societal benefits, but they also create significant socioeconomic and environmental challenges. The planning, design and deployment of these coastal structures should aim to provide multiple goals through the application of ecoengineering to shoreline development. Such developments should be de..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This article represents a joint effort and collective views from an architect, ecologists, engineers, a social scientist and a governmental officer who participated in the 2nd International Workshop on Eco-shoreline Designs for Sustainable Coastal Development, held at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong in May 2018. This work was a joint effort from the invited participants plus other colleagues. The authors would like to thank the Civil Engineering and Development Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, the HKU School of Biological Sciences and the World Harbour Project for supporting the organisation of the workshop. This research is partially supported by the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister's Office, Singapore, under its Marine Science Research and Development Programme (Award No. MSRDP-05).