Climate Change Threats to Two Breakwaters

Abstract

This paper illustrates by practical examples how designers/owners can analyse the potential effects of climate change on coastal structures. It presents two example structures: at Brighton Marina (Sussex, England) and La Collette reclamation (St Helier, Jersey). In both instances the results of Joint Probability Analysis are used to define test conditions, noting that these will be different for different responses. Whilst the solutions for climate change challenges to each structure are different, the paper illustrates example solutions that may be relatively easily deployed.