US EditionSpain rethinks how to turn tide against beach erosion
Towns are replacing artificial repairs with dunes, reed barriers and sand replenishment as researchers warn winter storms could erase beaches within 10 years.
- Catalan towns are removing waterfront promenades to combat severe beach erosion, shifting from costly artificial repairs to natural restoration methods.
- Fierce winter storms and coastal overdevelopment trap sand against concrete barriers, threatening Spain's vital tourism industry, which sustains 2.7 million jobs.
- Calafell removed 800 square metres of promenade and dykes, using reed barriers to reclaim 1,000 cubic metres of sand in a 4,500 square metre area.
- Sitges Mayor Aurora Carbonell stated that removing historic promenades remains a "difficult action" because they are integral to the town's heritage.
- Greenpeace Spain warned in a 2024 report that "we will start to lose beaches in the next 10 years," forcing authorities to balance preservation against tourism.
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The ovens are produced each year on the Spanish coast, whole beaches being restored with sand tones and cement before visitors from the summer period arrive. Some coastal villages, however, want to break this vicious circle and find alternative solutions.
Furtunile erodează în fiecare an coastele spaniole, porđiuni întregi de pajă fiind restore cu tone de nisip şi cyment înainte de sosirea vizitatorilor din perioada summeră. Unele localit i costiere vor,...
Storms erode the Spanish coasts every year, with entire stretches of beach being restored with tons of sand and cement before the arrival of summer visitors.
While the repeated assaults of the sea inexorably nibble the coastal line, several Spanish municipalities are rethinking their relationship to the shore, opting for renaturalization strategies rather than for restockings of sand that have become futile. The phenomenon is now a tangible reality on many sea fronts. Every winter season, storms [...] Read more The Spanish coast in the face of erosion, a necessary reconquest appeared first on Le Sing…
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