| T A B L E S |
| 1 |
Sample measurements of beach width |
| 2 |
Hurricane categories |
| 3 |
General cost ranges for sea defence structures in the Caribbean islands |
| 4 |
Prospective buyer's
checklist for site vulnerability to erosion |
| 5 |
Beach field trip activities
for primary schoolchildren |
| F I G U R E S |
| 1 |
Map of the Caribbean region |
| 2 |
Cross-section of a typical beach |
| 3 |
Origin of swell waves affecting
the Caribbean islands |
| 4 |
Seasonal beach
changes |
| 5 |
Accretionary coastal
features |
| 6 |
Structures to protect coastal
land and property |
| 7 |
Slope stabilization using
gabions |
| 8 |
Track of
Hurricane Erika, 4–10
September 1997
|
| 9 |
Typical beach
cross-section before and after a hurricane |
| 10 |
Satellite view
of Hurricane Iris, 1995 |
| 11 |
Main hurricane
tracks in the Caribbean islands |
| 12 |
Dune retreat
after a hurricane
|
| 13 |
Features of retaining walls and
bulkheads |
| 14 |
Bulkheads and flank
protection |
| 15 |
Community
approach to shore protection |
| 16 |
Longshore sediment
transport |
| 17 |
Effect of a single groyne |
| 18 |
Effect of a groyne
field |
| 19 |
Plan view of an offshore
breakwater |
| 20 |
Floating tyre
breakwater |
| 21 |
Before and after beach nourishment |
| 22 |
Beach nourishment
with dredged sand |
| 23 |
Storm wave attack on a beach
and dune |
| 24 |
Recommended
construction on a dune |
| 25 |
Cross-section
showing typical vegetation
zones in a coastal dune area |
| 26 |
Typical deltas associated with a tidal inlet |
| 27 |
Fringing and barrier
reefs |
| 28 |
Coral reefs and
beach protection |
| 29 |
Beachrock
formation |
| 30 |
How beachface dewatering
works |
| 31 |
Beachface dewatering
system |
| P H O T O G R A P H S |
| 1 |
Sand beach, Pigeon Point, Antigua,
1995 |
| 2 |
Eroded beach, Runaway Bay, Antigua,
1997 |
| 3 |
Winter beach conditions, Folkestone,
Barbados, 1980. |
| 4 |
Summer beach conditions, Folkestone,
Barbados, 1980 |
| 5 |
Measuring
beach changes |
| 6 |
Deteriorated gabion groynes,
Speightstown,
Barbados, 1980 |
| 7 |
Gabion channel stabilization, Tent Bay,
Barbados, 1987 |
| 8 |
Pre-hurricane
beach conditions, Barnes Bay, Anguilla, 1994 |
| 9 |
Post-hurricane
beach conditions,
Barnes Bay, Anguilla, 1995 |
| 10 |
Black sand
beach, Byera, Saint Vincent, 1995 |
| 11 |
White sand
beach, Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and
Caicos Islands, 1995 |
| 12 |
Stone beach,
Iles Bay, Montserrat, winter 1990 |
| 13 |
Sand and stone beach, Rockaway Beach, Dominica, June 1994 |
| 14 |
Seawall and
groynes, Cockburn Town,
Grand Turk, 1995 |
| 15 |
Boulder
groynes, Nisbett Plantation,
Nevis, 1992 |
| 16 |
Settling pond,
Peter Island, British Virgin
Islands, 1990 |
| 17 |
Pre-beach nourishment conditions, Pinneys Beach, Nevis, 1995 |
| 18 |
Post-beach nourishment conditions, Pinneys Beach, Nevis, March 1996 |
| 19 |
Pre-mining
conditions, Diamond
Bay, Saint Vincent, 1980 |
| 20 |
Post-mining
conditions, Diamond Bay, Saint Vincent, 1995 |
| 21 |
Breach in
the dune line, Isabela,
Puerto Rico, 1996 |
| 22 |
Sand fences help to speed up dune formation |
| 23 |
Sand fence made of wooden pallets,
Arecibo,
Puerto Rico, 1997 |
| 24 |
Dune erosion resulting from Hurricane Luis,
Rendezvous Bay, Anguilla, 1995 |
| 25 |
Wooden walkway, Grace Bay,
Providenciales, 1997 |
| 26 |
Warning notice
on a manchineel tree, Mustique, 1993 |
| 27 |
Undermined palm trees,
Levera, Grenada, 1986 |
| 28 |
Tree planting,
Brandywine Bay, Tortola, 1990 |
| 29 |
Sand spit, White River, Jamaica,
1988 |
| 30 |
Beach drainage channel, Cotton
Ground, Nevis, 1983 |
| 31 |
Ebb-tidal delta, Leeward-going -through
Channel, Turks and Caicos Islands, 1997 |
| 32 |
Healthy coral
reef |
| 33 |
Coral rubble resulting from Hurricane Luis,
Cove
Bay, Anguilla, 1995 |
| 34 |
Beachrock
ledge, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia, 1989 |
| 35 |
Newly installed artificial seaweed units,
Barbados, 1985 |
| 36 |
Artificial seaweed units eight months after
installation, Barbados, 1986 |
| 37 |
Tombolo, Scotts Head, Dominica,
1994 |
| 38 |
Sand dunes, Rendezvous Bay, Anguilla,
1994 |
| 39 |
Beach erosion, Josiahs Bay, British Virgin
Islands, 1990 |
| 40 |
Revegetation project, Heywoods, Barbados, 1987 |
