Emergent behavior in a coupled economic and coastline model for beach nourishment
Developed coastal areas often exhibit a strong systemic coupling between shoreline dynamics and economic dynamics. "Beach nourishment", a common erosion-control practice, involves mechanically depositing sediment from outside the local littoral system onto an actively eroding shoreline to...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2011-12-01
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Series: | Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics |
Online Access: | http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/18/989/2011/npg-18-989-2011.pdf |