Focus group on coastal adaptation (Part 2)

2 Junho 2026, 11:00 • Miguel Filipe Pinto de Oliveira Inácio

Development of adaptation strategies for the study area; group-based approach focusing on protection, accommodation and retreat; presentation and discussion of proposed measures.

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Focus group on coastal adaptation (Part 1)

2 Junho 2026, 09:00 • Miguel Filipe Pinto de Oliveira Inácio

Introduction to the focus group methodology applied to coastal adaptation; discussion of perspectives and objectives; identification of key present and future hazards, exposed areas and vulnerable assets.

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Tavira: threats and adaptation measures; assignment introduction

26 Maio 2026, 11:00 • Miguel Filipe Pinto de Oliveira Inácio

Overview of the Tavira study area, including its main characteristics and identified threats; classification of adaptation strategies (do nothing, protect, accommodate, retreat); introduction to the course assignment.

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Exercise on on time‐dependent beach‐profile response to storms

5 Maio 2026, 11:00 • Rui Pires de Matos Taborda

Modelling exercise on time‐dependent beach‐profile response to storms applied to the Aveiro coastal sector.

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Beach‐profile response to storms

5 Maio 2026, 09:00 • Rui Pires de Matos Taborda

Response of coastal systems to sea-level rise and storm events was examined, with particular emphasis on cross-shore sediment transport processes and beach-profile evolution. The concept of depth of closure was introduced as the offshore depth beyond which significant beach-profile changes no longer occur over a given time scale. Beach-profile response to storm events was analysed through processes such as storm surge, wave setup, offshore sediment transport, dune erosion, and post-storm accretion within the framework of equilibrium and disequilibrium coastal profiles. The Dean equilibrium profile and related formulations for estimating potential shoreline retreat under storm conditions were presented. Time-dependent beach-profile response models, particularly the convolution approach proposed by Kriebel and Dean, were also addressed, including the distinction between potential and actual coastal response, as well as the influence of storm duration, erosion time scales, beach slope, and hydrodynamic forcing conditions (wave height, period, direction, and surge). Methodological workflow for estimating maximum storm-induced retreat by integrating wave propagation, breaking conditions, equilibrium profiles, and storm forcing parameters.

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