11. TOOLS TO SUPPORT NATURE-BASED
COASTAL PROTECTION

Reducing flood risks is one of the most pressing challenges facing European coastal managers. Sea level rise, climate change and increasing coastal populations, intensify this challenge, demanding innovative approaches towards coastal management. Vegetated foreshores naturally defend against coastal flooding and erosion. This means that conserving and restoring natural coastal ecosystems can play an important role in reducing flood risks, and is increasingly becoming a cost-effective flood defence solution.

 

The course aims to provide an overview of the latest techniques for assessing nature-based coastal protection strategies, and practical experience applying the suite of data collection and modelling tools developed in the EU projects “Foreshore Assessment using Space Technology” (www.fast-space-project.eu) and RISC-KIT.

 

After a short introduction discussing coastal flood risks under different climate change scenarios and the scientific foundations behind 'Nature-based engineering solutions', participants will delve straight into practical sessions on best practices for field data collection and management, deriving coastal information from Earth Observation (using the Cloud-based Earth Engine platform), numerical modelling of near-shore hydrodynamics using XBeach and flooding using LISFLOOD, and how MI-SAFE services can be used to help support the smart use of Nature in coastal engineering.

PROGRAMME

 

Monday  July 10 th

9.00 - 9.30  Welcome to the students.
(Dr. Edward P. Morris, University of Cádiz).

9.30 - 11.30  Global, regional and local coastal flood risks
under different climate change scenarios.
(Dr. Javier Benavente, University of Cádiz).

11.30 – 12.oo  Break.

12.00 – 14.00 Nature-based shoreline protection
(Dr. Mindert de Vries, Deltares).

 

Tuesday July 11 th

9.30 - 11.30  Field techniques and data collection
(Dra. Gloria Peralta and Dr. Edward P. Morris,
University of Cádiz).

11.30 – 12.oo Break.

12.00 – 14.00 Practical workshop I: Open standards
and best practices for data management
(Dra. Gloria Peralta and Dr. Edward P. Morris,
University of Cádiz).

 

Wednesday July 12 th

9.30 - 11.30  Introduction to Earth Observation
(Dr. Edward P. Morris and Dr. Jesús Gómez-Enri,
University of Cádiz).

11.30 – 12.oo  Break.

12.00 – 14.00 Practical workshop II: Using Google Earth
Engine to map coastal elevation and vegetation students
(Dr. Edward P. Morris, University of Cádiz).

 

Thursday July 13 th

9.30 - 11.30  Nearshore hydrodynamics
(Dr. Kees Nederhoff, Deltares).

11.30 – 12.oo  Break.

12.00 – 14.00 Practical workshop III: Introduction
to XBeach for modeling near-shore hydrodynamics
(Dr. Kees Nederhoff, Deltares; Dr. Haris Plomaritis,
University of the Algarve).

 

Friday July 14 th

9.30 - 11.30  Practical workshop IV: Using the MI-SAFE
tool suite (Dr. Kees Nederhoff, Deltares; Dr. Haris Plomaritis, University of the Algarve).

11.30 – 12.oo Break.

12.00 – 14.00 Practical workshop IV: Using the MI-SAFE tool suite/'future directions' round table discussion
(Dr. Kees Nederhoff, Deltares; Dr. Haris Plomaritis,
University of the Algarve; Dr. Javier Benavente, Dra. Gloria Peralta and Dr. Edward P. Morris, University of Cádiz).

 

 

Dates: July 10 th-14 th

Course Director:
Dr. Edward P. Morris

Department of Biology, Faculty
of Environmental and Marine Sciences,
University of Cádiz, Spain

Speakers:
Dr. Edward P. Morris

Department of Biology, University of Cádiz

 

Dr. Mindert de Vries,

Deltares, The Netherlands

 

Dr. Kees Nederhoff,

Deltares, The Netherlands

 

Dr. Haris Plomaritis,

University of the Algarve

 

Dra. Gloria Peralta González,

Department of Biology, University of Cádiz

 

Dr. Javier Benavente González,

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cádiz

 

Dr. Jesús Gómez Enri,

Department of Applied Physics.

Department of, University of Cádiz