Sandy nourishments can provide additional sediment to the coastal system to maintain its
recreational or safety function under rising sea levels. These nourishments can be …

Current rates of habitat loss require science-based predictions on how to restore or newly
create lost habitat types. In aquatic ecosystems, littoral zones are key habitats for food web …

To mitigate land losses in the Mississippi River Delta, sediment diversions are being
employed to enable the flow of river water and sediments into wetlands experiencing …

Many sand spits are morphodynamically complex landforms, that are either analysed with
complex and expensive computational models or at a conceptual level. Therefore, most …

Predicting the nearshore sediment transport and shifts in coastlines in view of climate
change is important for planning and management of coastal infrastructure and requires an …

Soft shoreline engineering is increasingly used to combine shoreline fortification with the
enhancement of biodiversity and biological production of land–water transitions. From 2016 …

There is a relative lack of research, targeted models and tools to manage beaches in
estuaries and bays (BEBs). Many estuaries and bays have been highly modified and …

In the past decades it has become evident that the often cyclic cross-shore migration of
longshore bars is significantly influenced by wave climate. This study demonstrates that this …

In most coastal communities, aquaculture has been the way to address the continuous
urbanization and growth in population in these areas. Aquaculture has proven to be …

This thesis is written as the final part within the Master of Hydraulic Engineering at the TU
Delft. The subject of research has been chosen within my personal fascination for the natural …