Waikiki beach-renourishement, 2012. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
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Over the past several months severe erosion has caused a concrete slab near the water’s edge at Kuhio Beach to become exposed.
In June 2012, the state’s Department of Land and Natural Resources completed a $2.2 million beach replenishment project that added 24,000 cubic yards of offshore sand across 1,730 feet of Waikiki Beach.
The replenished sand was gone a year after its completion.
Beach erosion in Waikiki has been a problem for decades and has resulted in at least 10 sand replenishment projects since 1939. According to DLNR, 300,000 cubic yards of sand has been placed onto Waikiki Beach over the past 77 years…
Read Full Article, KITV, Hawaii
Sand Moved To Cover Waikiki Beach Erosion Swept Away, Video (Uploaded 11-25-2013)
Just a day after crews tackled an erosion problem at Kuhio Beach in Waikiki, half of the sand they brought in was washed away, according to city officials…
Waikiki Beach Eroding Less Than A Year After $2.2M Sand Restoration, Pacific Business News (Uploaded 01-24-2013)
A section of Hawaii’s famed Waikiki Beach is starting to erode, less than a year after the completion of a $2.2 million project to replenish the sand on about 1,730 feet of shoreline that had been suffering from chronic erosion.
Beach Erosion Again Exposes Concrete at Kuhio Beach, Hawaii News Now (07-29-2014)
Scientists Urge Shoreline Retreat From Hawaii’s Eroding Beaches, EE News
Sea-level rise is a significant factor in the major shoreline change underway in Hawaii, where 52 to 72 percent of beaches on the chain of islands have eroded over the past century.
Surf Hampers Attempt To Stop Oahu Beach Erosion
“Sandbagging is pretty much an exercise in futility. The only benefit is psychological, the feeling of doing something…”
70 Percent of Beaches Eroding On Hawaiian Islands Kauai, Oahu, and Maui, USGS (Uploaded 05-08-2012)
Hawaii’s Beaches Are in Retreat, and Its Way of Life May Follow, The New York Times
Living on the shores of Hawaii: natural hazards, the environment, and our communities, A book by Chip Fletcher; Robynne Boyd, William J. Neal and Virginia Tice.
“Living on the shores of Hawaii: natural hazards, the environment, and our communities” addresses a wide range of environmental concerns within the context of sustainability and their influence on the future of Hawaii…
Endless Erosion Battle a Matter of Money, The St Petersburg Tribune (07-21-2014)
We Need to Retreat From the Beach, An Op Ed by Orrin H. Pilkey
” The Last Beach,” a book by Orrin H. Pilkey And J. Andrew G. Cooper
“In The Last Beach, the authors describe the top five threats to beaches around the world. Even a quick overview of these threats suggests a strategy for confronting the degradation and loss of beaches. It’s no surprise that a comprehensive, long-term beach protection strategy requires significant changes to our economic system, a system that has overdeveloped and polluted beaches to the extent that they have become unhealthy places to swim or even play in the sand…”—Countercurrents
Waialua beachfront, Oahu. “Sandbagging is pretty much an exercise in futility. The only benefit is psychological, the feeling of doing something…” Captions and Photo source: ©© Davidd
