THE HISTORY OF A TIDAL LAGOON INLET AND ITS IMPROVEMENT (THE CASE OF AVEIRO, PORTUGAL)

[摘要] The described case history is known since the Xth century, and on a scientific level since the end of XVIIIth.Origin and free evolution of the inlet up to 1800, as well as results obtained by artificial improvement attempts subsequently undertaken, are analysed, in order to investigate the main features of local physiography and the way it reacts to human interventions intended to meet ever-increasing navigation requirements. The remarkable success of the projects undertaken, especially of that being executed, seems to legitimate the inference of some principles of general interest as long as tidal lagoon inlets improvement is concerned. Stress is laid upon difference from principles valid in estuaries’ amelioration.

[学科分类] 建筑学

[关键词] inlet migration;littoral drift;channel deepening