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Introduction to Marine Spatial Planning

Marine Spatial Planning

Barbados Sea Turtle Project

Habitat Management

Holetown Lagoon Restoration Project

CZMU Projects

Archer's Bay

Barbados Coastline

Ocean Day 2014

Climate Strategy

What Are The Coastal Impacts In Barbados? || A Coastal Zone Management Perspective

Coastal Protection

Glossary of Terms

Nearshore

In beach terminology an indefinite zone extending seaward from the shoreline well beyond the breaker zone.

The zone which extends from the swash zone to the position marking the start of the offshore zone, typically at water depths of the order of 20m.

Primary production

The process in which organisms synthesize organic matter from inorganic materials, or the organic matter itself.

Shoreline Management

The development of strategic, long-term and sustainable coastal defence and land-use policy within a sediment cell.

Seawall

A structure, often concrete or stone, built along a portion of a coast to prevent erosion and other damage by wave action. Often it retains earth against its shoreward face.

A structure separating land and water areas to alleviate the risk of flooding by the sea. Generally shore-parallel, although some reclamation seawalls may include lenghts that are nromal or oblique to the (original) shoreline.
A vertical or near-vertical type of shoreline armouring characterised by a smooth surface.

Undercutting

Erosion of material at the foot of a cliff or bank, e.g. a sea cliff, or river bank on the outside of a meander. Ultimately, the overhang collapses, and the process is repeated.

Seagrass Beds

Benthic communities, usually on shallow, sandy or muddy bottoms, dominated by grasslike marine plants.

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