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De-embankments at the North Sea and the Baltic Sea Coasts

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De-embankment may be a suitable management to mitigate damages of strong storm events on coastal habitats. This chapter provides an overview over de-embankments along the Atlantic and Baltic Sea coasts. In total 185 individual de-embankments were listed along the coasts from Spain to Eastern Germany including Great Britain. The history and the success of few de-embankments were described in detail.

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Mossakowski, D. (2023). De-embankments at the North Sea and the Baltic Sea Coasts. In: Mossakowski, D., Irmler, U. (eds) Terrestrial Coastal Ecosystems in Germany and Climate Change. Ecological Studies, vol 245. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12539-3_22

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