Nita Yuanita
Hard engineering means using solid structures to resist forces of erosion, such as breakwater, seawall, groin and revetment. Currently, natural coastal protection using vegetation such as mangrove is preferable in many places in the world (Othman, 1994; Gedan et al., 2010; Bao, 2011; Parvathy K G and Bhaskaran (2017)). Extensive researches have been carried out to study the performance of mangrove forests in wave reduction that is caused erosion, e.g. Husrin, Strusi ́nska, and Oumeraci (2012), Strusińska-Correia, Husrin, and Oumeraci (2014), and Hashim and Catherine (2013) that carried on laboratory experiment of mangroves as coastal protection. However, there are challenges in development of this natural coastal protection, e.g. mangrove-seedling-trees have been damaged by the waves or current, before they are growth strongly which required at least 2 years of plantation. The study aimed to quantify the wave height reduction with various configuration of geobag temporary structures and mangrove seedling trees arrangements on wave reduction.
Penerapan Karya Tulis
Development of natural coastal protection.