How coastal engineers work with nature to keep foreshores stable

How coastal engineers work with nature to keep foreshores stable

In coastal engineering, no one works from a blank slate. When a foreshore is redeveloped, the engineers charged with the transformation will see their work shaped by the existing infrastructure.This is true even in a country like Australia, where coastal construction has been carried out over decades rather than centuries.Even the influence imposed by previous construction might falter before the might of the natural forces that shift and push a…