Chapter 5: Large projects
Introduction
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| Fig 102: Storm sure barrier in the Eastern Scheldt, the Netherlands | Fig 103: Storm surge barrier in the Rotterdam Waterway, The Netherlands (AeroView) | Fig 104: Positioning of one of the spherical joints in the Rotterdam Waterway Barrier, the Netherlands |
In the previous chapters, a general overview has been provided covering the main aspects of coastal engineering. In this chapter, several large coastal engineering projects are described in more detail. In order to get as much as variation as possible in topic and treatment, a recently completed project is described from each of the following countries:
| Italy The Netherlands United Kingdom Belgium Spain |
The Venice Project The Dune Erosion Research Project The North Wirral Coastal Defences The Port of Zeebrugge and East Coast Project The Ebro Delta project |
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