В учебном пособии рассмотрены предмет и методы инженерной морфодинамики морских берегов, геоморфологические последсявия применения инженерных сооружений на берегах, проблемы защиты берегов от размыва, борьбы с нежелательной аккумуляцией, регулирования баланса наносов береговой зоны моря.

Map measurements of the world’s coastline length have yielded a figure of 500,000 km. However, when all of the very real and intricate coastal crenulations are considered, the actual length is probably closer to 1,000,000 km. Added to this is the fact that 40% of the 6,000,000,000 people presently inhabiting the earth live within 100 km of a coastline. From these observations, it can be seen that coasts are a very major geo-morphic and social feature on the face of the planet. And for this reason, scholars in a multitude of disciplines have long been studying the many facets of the zone where the land meets the sea.