BEACH RECOVERY ACCELERATION BY NATURE-ASSISTED BEACH ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES

Marine storms erode sand from the subaerial part of the beach profile. When these events are especially strong and/or frequent the dry beach is eroded and even the dune can be damaged. Therefore, the sand volume on the dry beach and the dune constitutes a sediment budget to fight against winter erosion. During calm weather periods, the sediment eroded is slowly recovered through accretion processes. Depending on the magnitude of the erosion produced, the full recovery of the sand may take months, several years or remain unachievable without human intervention. Nature-assisted beach enhancement (NABE) techniques were born as working with nature actions to help beach recovery.