Recovery Assessment of Two Nearby Sandy Beaches with Contrasting Anthropogenic and Sediment Supply Settings

ABSTRACT Senechal, N.; Pavon, J.; Asselot, R.; Castelle, B.; Taaouati, M.; Ferreira, S., and Bujan, S., 2016. Recovery assessment of two nearby sandy beaches with contrasting anthropogenic and sediment supply settings. In: Vila-Concejo, A.; Bruce, E.; Kennedy, D.M., and McCarroll, R.J. (eds.), Proceedings of the 14th International Coastal Symposium (Sydney, Australia). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, No. 75, pp. 462–466. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. The aim of this study is to provide the preliminary results of the comparisons of two field sites exposed to the same environmental conditions but with contrasting beach management strategies. Truc Vert beach and Biscarrosse beach are both low sandy beaches situated on the 250km long linear French coast exposed to the Atlantic swells and are about 35km distant. While Truc Vert beach is a fully natural beach, Biscarrosse beach is in an urban area where several coastal defences have been deployed. Data indicate that Biscarrosse beach is l...