Coastal defences on the KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa: a review with particular reference to geotextiles

Modern coastal defences have to satisfy economic, environmental and sustainability criteria. The balancing of these criteria can make the implementation of coastal defences socially, environmentally and politically complicated. Durban's local authority, the eThekwini Municipality, has had exper...

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Main Authors: S Corbella, D D Stretch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: South African Institution of Civil Engineering 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1021-20192012000200006