Sentences with phrase «coastal structures»

The groyne is an important coastal structure which assists...

The groyne is an important coastal structure which assists in collecting additional sand deposits onto City Beach, and is frequently utilised by swimmers, surfers and fishermen.

The state will enhance programs to encourage nature - based shorelines, improved engineering criteria for repairing coastal structures, coastal vulnerability assessments and other outreach.

«Finally, we are developing hybrid coastal structure concepts that involve covering a traditional storm protection hard structure like a levee, dike, or T - Wall with a sand dune cover to harness the benefits of both systems and provide aesthetic coastal systems at the same time that can function as regular dunes.»

They will do that by taking a close look at restrictions on building in hazardous coastal areas, making coastal structures more storm - proof, protecting and enhancing coastal wetlands and other ecosystem features that can buffer storm impacts, and creating financial incentives to promote protective behaviors.

The beachside community of Pacifica, California, for example, is in the process of buying up private property along the coast, and relocating coastal structures further inland.

Prior to the 1990s, sea level was largely recorded by tide gauges fixed to coastal structures grounded in the solid Earth, showing over the last 2 centuries a rise of just over 1 millimeter per year.

CSE is also called to investigate product defects, foundations and structural framing, geotechnical issues, coastal structures such as docks and seawalls, construction specifications and premise liability.

However, the size of the waves generated by the Great East Japan Earthquake in March that year led to sea defences and other coastal structures being overwhelmed, and in many cases completely or partially destroyed.

Trump's positions are further complicated by a recent Politico reportthat shows his organization cited global warming as justification to build a coastal structure to prevent erosion at a golf course in Ireland.

The coastal structure of Kosrae, Mr. Ramsey explained, is a result of sand and broken coral on the reef flat, which builds up and eventually begins accumulating soil and vegetation.

Tides are important because of their effects on ecosystems, local navigation, moorings, coastal structures, legal boundaries, fisheries, and recreation.

The superstorm Hurricane Sandy, which devastated New York in 2012, slammed into a coast not prepared either for the force of the wind or for the storm surge that washed through the coastal structures.