Hidráulica Costeira e Portuária António Trigo-Teixeira [email protected] Instituto Superior Técnico Departmento de Eng Civil e Arquitectura Lisboa - Portugal What are the main parameters? Hs, Tidal Range, Wave Period, Geomorphology Vilamoura Marina 1000 boats 1973 CASCAIS MARINA – Year 2000 Capacity: 600 boats Questões Ambientais: Vulnerabilidade? Risco? Perigos Vários? Zona de buffer Seawalls A properly designed and constructed seawall will protect properties and areas of the foreshore from the impacts of beach erosion and coastline recession hazards. Sedimentos e transporte sólido litoral Quebramares destacados Artificial Headlands Artificial headlands act as large groynes that extend into deep water to restrict longshore transport. On the open coast, they require large expensive structures.