WIT Press

Using Ecological Models To Plan And Monitor Coastal Reclamation Projects

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

25

Pages

11

Published

1998

Size

1,124 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/CENV980051

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

Kurt Jensen, Hanne K. Bach & Anders Jensen

Abstract

An environmental management system called feedback monitoring is being tested on a dredging and reclamation project. The system includes planning, impact assessments and monitoring. It is being applied in connection with a large infrastructure project involving dredging and reclamation of more than 7 million nf of seabed. The system incorporates the use of computerised numerical models of hydrography, sediment transport and sedimentation, water quality and ecological variables. The tool is applied for the planning, environmental impact assessment, development of detailed design and monitoring of the environmental impacts to control the compliance with environ

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