Rock armour for birds and their prey: ecological enhancement of coastal engineering

The authors present key design, construction and ecological enhancement criteria for sustainable coastal defence structures at Hartlepool, UK, a high-energy wave climate. Such ‘ecologically favourable’ coastal defences fulfil the habitats directive and key engineering and cost criteria. Bird, rocky...

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Main Authors: Naylor, L, MacArthur, M, Hampshire, S, Bostock, K, Coombes, M, Hansom, J, Byrne, R, Folland, T
Format: Journal article
Published: Thomas Telford Ltd 2017