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Dikes

Published in: Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

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Dikes, especially sea dikes, are coastal constructions build to avoid flooding. The risk of flooding is detrimental to the safety of people and economic, cultural, and ecological values. This aspect has been of great importance since people first thought about defending their dwellings against flood hazards. In the distant past, dwelling mounts were built to protect families or small communities from the sea. They are known from several low-lying coastal areas in the world, for example, from the North coast of Germany and the adjacent Dutch coast, where they have been occupied ever since 2500 bp, as well as from the chenier coast of Suriname, where they date back to 1800 bp. …

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Literature
1.
Jelgersma, S., 1961. Holocene sea level changes in the Netherlands. Ph.D. thesis, State University Leiden, Mededelingen Geologische Stichting, CVI-7.
2.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1984. Shore Protection Manual, Part 1 and 2. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. U.S.
Metadata
Title
Dikes
Copyright Year
2005
Book
Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-1903-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4020-3880-8

Copyright Year: 2005

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3880-1_122