General information
This two-day course will introduce methods used in designing and planning coastal engineering and management schemes. The risks of coastal flooding and erosion, both in the UK and overseas, will increase as existing man-made defences such as flood embankments and seawalls deteriorate and as a result of sea level rise due to global warming. There are many pressures to develop land close to the sea, and to use its natural resources, for example to provide minerals and renewable energy. However there are constraints on public spending and a growing awareness of the need to preserve the natural coastal environment and to ensure that its management is sustainable.
In this context, a good quantitative understanding of the physical processes that have shaped and will continue to change the coastline is an important basis for contemplating any engineering or management works. These processes include wave generation and propagation, the movements of the tides and the resulting disturbance and transport of sediments over the seabed and on beaches. Predicting how the coastline will continue to change, with or without man’s intervention, is a fundamental requirement for planning its management.
Course content
- Coastal management planning - an overview of history of coastal planning and strategic coastal management
- Waves and tides - an introduction and requirements for coastal management (extremes and climates)
- Beach sediment transport/ morphology processes
- Coastal management options - an introduction to the types, appropriate application and assessing the potential effects of such works, for example on the environment.
The aim of the course is to provide delegates with an understanding of:
- the types of problems that need to be solved in coastal engineering and management
- how wave conditions, tidal flows and levels and their joint occurrence can be evaluated
- how coastlines of different types have evolved and are likely to change in the future
- how alternative methods of reducing risks of erosion or flooding are planned and designed
- environmental effects of intervention and how they can be anticipated and mitigated
Content
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Venue
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
HR Wallingford
Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BA
Application
Cost:
<p><strong>Standard delegate rate: </strong>£720,00 (including VAT at 20%)</p> <p>Fee is per participant. It includes all documentation, meal(s) and refreshments.</p>
Prerequisites:
The course is aimed at those who have just started or are about to start work on coastal management or engineering activities including engineers and managers from local authorities, coastal landowners, regulators and operating authorities.
Application Procedure:
Click on the "Book now" button on the website of the course to register. You will be directed to the shopping cart where you will be able enter the delegate's details and proceed to payment (if applicable). You will be able to either request an invoice (if registering more than 30 days in advance) or to pay online by credit/debit card.
NOTE: you can only register one delegate at a time.
Qualification
This two-day course will introduce methods used in designing and planning coastal engineering and management schemes. The risks of coastal flooding and erosion, both in the UK and overseas, will increase as existing man-made defences such as flood embankments and seawalls deteriorate and as a result of sea level rise due to global warming. There are many pressures to develop land close to the sea, and to use its natural resources, for example to provide minerals and renewable energy. However there are constraints on public spending and a growing awareness of the need to preserve the natural coastal environment and to ensure that its management is sustainable.
In this context, a good quantitative understanding of the physical processes that have shaped and will continue to change the coastline is an important basis for contemplating any engineering or management works. These processes include wave generation and propagation, the movements of the tides and the resulting disturbance and transport of sediments over the seabed and on beaches. Predicting how the coastline will continue to change, with or without man’s intervention, is a fundamental requirement for planning its management.
Course content
- Coastal management planning - an overview of history of coastal planning and strategic coastal management
- Waves and tides - an introduction and requirements for coastal management (extremes and climates)
- Beach sediment transport/ morphology processes
- Coastal management options - an introduction to the types, appropriate application and assessing the potential effects of such works, for example on the environment.
Click on the "Book now" button on the website of the course to register. You will be directed to the shopping cart where you will be able enter the delegate's details and proceed to payment (if applicable). You will be able to either request an invoice (if registering more than 30 days in advance) or to pay online by credit/debit card.
NOTE: you can only register one delegate at a time.
The aim of the course is to provide delegates with an understanding of:
- the types of problems that need to be solved in coastal engineering and management
- how wave conditions, tidal flows and levels and their joint occurrence can be evaluated
- how coastlines of different types have evolved and are likely to change in the future
- how alternative methods of reducing risks of erosion or flooding are planned and designed
- environmental effects of intervention and how they can be anticipated and mitigated
The course is aimed at those who have just started or are about to start work on coastal management or engineering activities including engineers and managers from local authorities, coastal landowners, regulators and operating authorities.
