Abstract
ABSTRACT PROENCA, B., OLIVEIRA, F.S.B.F and SANCHO, F., 2011. Coastal Erosion Management in Algarve (Portugal) — a Beach Nourishment Case Study. In: Micallef, A. (ed.), MCRR3-2010 Conference Proceedings, Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, No. 61, pp. 328–334. Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy, ISSN 0749-0208. In the Portuguese southern coast, national and international appeal turns it into a highly relevant area concerning the country's economy. Vale do Lobo is a resort located in the centre of this coast, where the beach has been suffering from erosion problems for several years now. Local interventions have been executed in order to prevent the erosion of the beach, yet the efficiency of such strategy has not been verified. This study's main purpose is to enable a better understanding of the evolutionary trends of the coastline between the Quarteira and Ancno inlet and to analyse the efficiency of the beach nourishment interventions as a protection technique for a coastal environment with the wave energ...
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