Experimental and numerical analysis of coastal protection provided by natural ecosystems

Maria Maza1,2, Javier L. Lara1, IƱigo J. Losada1 and Heidi Margaret Nepf3, (1)Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain, (2)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil/Env. Eng., Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States