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Abstract
Coastal zones are under several threats, e.g., erosion, sedimentation, and climate changes-related risks, which trigger the need for the development of new strategies to combat such threats. This study aims to establish a long-term soft engineering solution for the sustainable protection of coastal zones. Elburullus region was chosen as the study area of this study. The study was implemented on three phases. In the first phase, a spectral wave model (SWAN) was used for obtaining a long-term reliable time series wave data along the study area. The model was calibrated and validated with measured wave data on spatial and temporal scales across the entire Mediterranean Sea and a high-resolution 31-years wave atlas was obtained along the Egyptian Mediterranean Coast. During phase two, different wave input reduction techniques were evaluated against full wave climate during 2004 in order to establish the most accurate wave input reduction technique to be used for the long-term hydro-morphodynamic simulation along the study area. Finally, using wave data obtained from phase one and the reduction techniques evaluated during phase two, a long-term hydro-morphodynamic simulation was feasible to implement on phase three. During this phase, different proposed soft engineering solutions and a hard engineering solution were evaluated in order to establish the most efficient solution for the sustainable protection of the coastline of Elburullus coastal zone.