Marine Shoreline Design Guidelines - Background and Phase 1 Case Studies
Presentation Abstract
Shoreline armoring – the construction of bulkheads and seawalls – has become a significant issue for the Puget Sound region, with roughly one mile per year of new shoreline armoring. Armoring profoundly influences beaches, alters coastal processes and coastal ecology, and reduces the resilience of the coast to rising sea level. Alternative techniques to traditional hard armor have been applied in Puget Sound for decades, however, efforts to comprehensively monitor and compare different techniques and proper design are lacking. The Marine Shoreline Design Guidelines address this need through development of a manual on use of alternative techniques in Puget Sound. Phase 1 of this work involved detailed data collection from 25 individual sites representing five major design technique types, including traditional hard armor approaches. Our discussion of Phase 1 of the MSDG will include related information on the state of armoring on Puget Sound shorelines and the case study report that provides background data integral to the development of the guidelines document.
Session Title
Session S-01G: New Strategies for Shorelines
Conference Track
Shorelines
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2014 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
Start Date
30-4-2014 10:30 AM
End Date
30-4-2014 12:00 PM
Location
Room 6E
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Shore protection--Environmental aspects--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region; Coastal zone management--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--Case studies
Geographic Coverage
Puget Sound (Wash.); Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Marine Shoreline Design Guidelines - Background and Phase 1 Case Studies
Room 6E
Shoreline armoring – the construction of bulkheads and seawalls – has become a significant issue for the Puget Sound region, with roughly one mile per year of new shoreline armoring. Armoring profoundly influences beaches, alters coastal processes and coastal ecology, and reduces the resilience of the coast to rising sea level. Alternative techniques to traditional hard armor have been applied in Puget Sound for decades, however, efforts to comprehensively monitor and compare different techniques and proper design are lacking. The Marine Shoreline Design Guidelines address this need through development of a manual on use of alternative techniques in Puget Sound. Phase 1 of this work involved detailed data collection from 25 individual sites representing five major design technique types, including traditional hard armor approaches. Our discussion of Phase 1 of the MSDG will include related information on the state of armoring on Puget Sound shorelines and the case study report that provides background data integral to the development of the guidelines document.
