Nature-based flood protection

Using vegetated foreshores for reducing coastal risk

Conference paper (2016)

Authors

V. Vuik Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG , HKV Lijn in Water
Bas Jonkman Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG
B.G. van Vuren Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG , HKV Lijn in Water
Research Group
Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2016 V. Vuik, Sebastiaan N. Jonkman, S. van Vuren
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160713014
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Published Date

20-10-2016

Language

English

Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Hydraulic Engineering

Research Group

Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk

Abstract

Vegetated foreshores such as salt marshes, mangrove forests and reed fields can reduce wave loads on coastal dikes due to depth-induced wave breaking and wave attenuation by vegetation. Here we present field measurements of wave propagation over salt marshes during severe storm conditions, a modelling approach to describe the effect of vegetated foreshores on wave loads on the dike, and a probabilistic model to quantify the effect of vegetated foreshores on failure probabilities of the dike due to wave overtopping.