Beach Erosion and Recovery: Quantifying the Hazard

海滩侵蚀和恢复：量化危害

• 批准号: DP150101339
• 负责人: Prof Ian Turner
• 金额: $ 29.15万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2015-02-01 至 2019-06-01
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP150101339
• 关键词: Beach; Erosion; Recovery; Quantifying; Hazard

Coastal erosion is confronting societies and the natural environment. The economic value in Australia of built assets at risk includes roads ($60 billion), commercial buildings ($81 billion) and homes ($63 billion). Hard engineering entire coastlines is rarely feasible, with beaches providing the best coastal defence along the great majority of sandy coastlines. But how wide should a buffer zone be to provide adequate protection from storms? And critically, how reliable are the present modelling tools used to predict this, and can they be improved? Underpinned by innovative field observations to fill fundamental knowledge gaps, this project aims to deliver advanced understanding and the best available solution to storm erosion prediction.

海岸侵蚀是社会和自然环境共同面临的问题。在澳大利亚，风险资产的经济价值包括道路（600亿美元）、商业建筑（810亿美元）和住宅（630亿美元）。硬工程整个海岸线是很少可行的，与海滩提供最好的海岸防御沿着大多数桑迪海岸线。但是缓冲区应该有多宽才能提供足够的风暴防护呢？关键的是，目前用于预测这一点的建模工具有多可靠，它们是否可以改进？该项目以创新的实地观测为基础，填补了基本知识的空白，旨在为风暴侵蚀预测提供先进的理解和最佳的解决方案。