Training Course On

COASTAL EROSION MANAGEMENT

12 - 16 September 2005, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal

Who should attend the course?

Course venue, coordination and topics

Course fee and financial aid

Application and course admission selection

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Course venue

The course will be held from September 12 to 16, 2005 at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Porto - Portugal.

 

Course coordination

The Hydraulics and Water Resources Institute/Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (IHRH/FEUP, Portugal) and the EUCC Mediterranean Office will coordinate the “Coastal Erosion Management” Course.

 

Local Organizing Committee

The IHRH/FEUP, University of Porto, Portugal
Fernando Veloso Gomes | Francisco Taveira Pinto | Luciana das Neves | Joaquim Luís Pais Barbosa | Hugo Lopes |

Paulo Rosa Santos | Raquel Silva

 

Scientific Advisory Committee (provisional)

Fernando Veloso Gomes | Roland Paskoff | Francisco Taveira Pinto | Krystian Pilarczyk | Óscar Ferreira | Giovanni Randazzo |

Jordi Serra |

FINAL PROGRAMME AVAILABLE HERE

Course topics

The Course will cover the following topics in the framework of lectures, case study presentations and field trips:

  • Coastal and beach morphology | nearshore processes | coastal structures | hydrodynamics | longshore and cross-shore dynamics

  • Coastal Hazards

  • GIS and Data Management

  • Environmental and Strategic Impact Assessment

  • Survey and Monitoring

  • Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning

  • Soft and hard coastal engineering techniques

  • Integrated Management and Decision Support Systems

  • Coastal Sediment budget | restoring the sediment balance | identification and designation of “strategic sediment reservoirs”

  • Beach Erosion Management: beach use | mitigation of beach erosion | integrated beach erosion management (public perception of coastal structures, nature conservation, legislation, etc)

  • Social and economical aspects, in particular cost-benefit analysis

Priority will be given to those topics most relevant to course participants. To this aim, successful course applicants will be requested to submit in advance at least one case study from their individual working context and a list of priority issues.

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updated: June 2005