Browsing by Author "Gracia García, Vicente"
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Operational hydrodynamic service as a tool for coastal flood assessment
(2025-03)
Article
Open AccessCoastal communities are increasingly vulnerable to storm impacts, highlighting the urgent need for predictive tools and enhanced preparedness. In this work, a comprehensive, high-resolution hydrodynamic operational service ... -
PIMA Adapta Costas, a characterisation of flooding and erosion under different climate change scenarios along the Catalan coast
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021)
Conference lecture
Open AccessClimate change, with sea level rise as one of its main consequences, will heavily change the dynamics of the coast in the next years. The assessment of the impacts that could cause is a key issue to anticipate measures and ... -
Posidonia beach-cast and banquette: evaluation of sediment trapping and characterisation for coastal protection
(World Scientific, 2023)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe accumulation of Posidonia meadow remains is a recurrent phenomenon along the Catalan coast. As we move along the coastline from Barcelona towards the south, during autumn and winter the remains of Posidonia Oceanica ... -
Potential of transplanted seagrass meadows on wave attenuation in a fetch-limited environment
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-06)
Article
Open AccessIn this paper, the effectiveness of transplanted (either created or restored) seagrass meadows as a coastal protection measure is assessed through a five-step methodology. The analysis is focused on a stretch of the Catalan ... -
Predicción morfodinámica operacional: una nueva estrategia de gestión del litoral
(2012)
Conference report
Open AccessUna parte muy importante de las playas de arena de España pueden ser consideradas como playas urbanas y por tanto se encuentran limitadas en su parte continental por todo tipo de infraestructuras (paseos marítimos, calles, ... -
Present and future flooding and erosion along the NW Spanish Mediterranean Coast
(Frontiers Media, 2023-07)
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Open AccessCoastal flooding and eros-ion caused by extreme events are the main factors responsible for beach hazards. This effect will be exacerbated by the sea level rise induced by climate change. The present work determines the ... -
Reliability analysis of beaches as defenses against storm impacts under a climate change scenario
(2014)
Conference lecture
Open AccessAn analysis of the probability of failure of beaches along the Catalan coast (Northwestern Mediterranean) is presented. The failure condition is defined when waves are able to overtop the beach and reach the backshore. The ... -
Riesgos costeros y técnicas ópticas de observación
(2018-03)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyLa intensificación de la presión de uso sobre nuestro litoral está generando un incremento de los niveles de riesgo, entendido como la probabilidad de un suceso por el valor económico de sus consecuencias. El aumento del ... -
Sediment mobility at Fangar bay entrance (NW Spanish Mediterranean): management implications under present and future climates
(2020-05)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyManaging coastal lagoons, under present and particularly future climate scenarios, requires a robust and yet effective hydro-morphodynamic coupling. This is because the limited water depth and mouth width effectively ... -
Sediment transport and dispersal in the nearshore of “flash-flood” rivers
(2014)
Conference lecture
Open AccessRiver sediment dispersal on the near-shore of “flash-flood” rivers is investigated using a coupled wave-current-sediment transport model. Besòs and Llobregat rivers (short and mountainous rivers in NW Mediterranean Sea, ... -
Sediment transport in the Ebro shelf: a modelling approach
(Taylor & Francis, 2009)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyA sediment transport model has been implemented and calibrated in the Ebro Delta Continental Shelf. Several parameters in the hydrodynamic and sediment transport module have been assessed in order to improve the results ... -
Short-term morphodynamic changes in a fetch limited beach at the Ebro delta (Spain), under low wave-energy conditions
(2011)
Article
Open AccessSandy beaches in fetch-limited environments are protected from large ocean-generated swell waves, and fetch characteristics allow local wind-generated waves and currents to develop and drive the main morphodynamic processes. ... -
Short-term morphodynamic changes in a fetch limited beach at the Ebro delta (Spain), under low wave-energy conditions
(2011)
Conference report
Open AccessSandy beaches in fetch-limited environments are protected from large ocean-generated swell waves, and fetch characteristics allow local wind-generated waves and currents to develop and drive the main morphodynamic processes. ... -
Sistemes costaners i dinàmica litoral
(Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC), 2016-09)
Part of book or chapter of book
Open AccessAquest capítol tracta de la projecció dels impactes de climes futurs per a trams vulnerables de la costa catalana. Al començament, s’hi revisa la geodiversitat de la costa en termes meteorològics i geològics. El ventall ... -
Study of velocity changes induced by Posidonia oceanica surrogate and sediment transport implications
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-04)
Article
Open AccessAn analysis of the interactions between wave-induced velocities and seagrass meadows has been conducted based on the large-scale CIEM wave flume data. Incident irregular wave trains act on an initial 1:15 sand beach profile ... -
Sustainability of artificial coasts: the Barcelona coast case
(Elsevier, 2015-06)
Part of book or chapter of book
Restricted access - publisher's policyCoastal Zones: Solutions for the 21st Century bridges the gap between national and international efforts and the local needs for actions in communities where coastal zone challenges are faced daily. The solution-oriented ... -
The land–sea coastal border: a quantitative definition by considering the wind and wave conditions in a wave-dominated, micro-tidal environment
(2019-01)
Article
Open AccessA quantitative definition for the land–sea (coastal) transitional area is proposed here for wave-driven areas, based on the variability and isotropy of met-ocean processes. Wind velocity and significant wave height fields ... -
The use of news information published in newspapers to estimate the impact of coastal storms at a regional scale
(MDPI, 2021-05)
Article
Open AccessThe evaluation of coastal damage caused by storms is not straightforward and different approaches can be applied. In this study, damage caused by extreme storms is evaluated at a regional scale based on news information ... -
Towards the integrated management of the Danube river – Danube Delta – Black Sea system: collaboration of the two EUSDR flagship distributed research infrastructures
(GeoEcoMar, 2015)
Book
Restricted access - publisher's policyThis book summarises the scientific case for the design and structure of a distributed research infrastructure on the Danube – Danube Delta – Black Sea macro system. Current gaps in our understanding of this environmental ... -
Towards the integrated management of the Danube river – Danube delta – Black Sea system: proposal for a strategic research and innovation agenda
(GeoEcoMar, 2015)
Book
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe DANCERS project through a combination of stakeholder engagement, review of historical projects and programmes and state of the art science has built upon the EUSDR to develop a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda ...
