Analysis of the coastal and environmental hydrodynamics of the Areia Preta beach in Natal/RN

Análisis de la hidrodinámica costero y ambiental de la playa de Areia Preta en Natal/RN

Abstract

The objective of this work to understand the causes of coastal erosion through characterization of environment, determining beach profiles and hydrodynamic analysis, with the main methods for understanding coastal process. The spatial clipping of this research comprises a point, located on the urban beach Areia Preta, zone east of the city of Natal, capital of Rio Grande do Norte eastern coast of the state. A methodology consisted of bibliographic survey, environmental characterization, topographic survey transverse to the beach in the compartments of the postbeach foreshore and ante-beach through the methodology of “Stadia” Birkemeier (1918) and data collection method hydrodynamics based on the methodology of the Mueher (2011), and addition to records photographs.

Keywords:
Coastal erosion; Areia Preta /RN; beach profile; hydrodynamics analysis