A Nourishment Performance Index for Beach Erosion/Accretion at Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi

A Nourishment Performance Index for Beach Erosion/Accretion at Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi

The present paper proposes a methodology to optimise the design of a beach protection intervention at Saadiyat Island, of the Abu Dhabi city in the United Arab Emirates. In particular, a nourishment performance index (NPI) has been introduced to select among different design alternatives of a coasta...

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Main Authors: Waleed Hamza, Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio, Francesco Ligorio, Letizia Lusito, Antonio Francone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Subjects:
beach morphology
beach nourishment performance
sustainable development
General Shoreline beach model
United Arab Emirates
Saadiyat Island
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/7/6/173

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