AN OVERVIEWAND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF USING GEOTUBES IN DIKE CONSTRUCTION

Coastal erosion has always been a serious problem in shorelines, which causes millions of dollars worth of damage to coastlines and public properties around the world. As a consequence,rapid and uncontrolled coastal developments were started to prevent the exacerbation of erosionhazards which also have had a damaging impact on coastal ecosystems. The current studypresents a comparative environmental impact assessment of two protective alternatives in coastaland shoreline structures, including traditional rubble system and a more novel one called geotubesystem. Case study of two dike structures in Bushehr and Qeshm in the south of Iran is performed and beneficial aspects of geotube system are identified.

Keywords:

Geotube , Dike Construction , Environmental Analysis