Author(s): Gustavo Fierro

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Keywords: River Protection; GEotextile Bags; Design; Sustainability

Abstract: During this time, many problems of flooding and disasters have occurred on river banks in many countries. To solve these problems, engineers usually create predictive models and define a solution to protect us from this type of phenomena. This is where another problem appears, since according to the predictive models, large lengths of river bank protection are required and these are usually dimensioned with traditional structures such as rock or concrete or employing this type of materials. After this, the budgets are made and it is observed that they reach very high values, making them impossible to carry out and even worse in countries with fewer resources or where these materials are not abundant. The alternative of using large geotextile bags appears as a solution that allows reducing costs, achieves the objective desired by engineers and, even better, uses materials available in the project region, making this ideal not only to achieve the objective but also to take care of the environment by minimally intervening in the surroundings. Projects of this type have been carried out and this work presents design and construction criteria that quantitatively show the environmental benefits and sustainability of this type of technology. Also cost, time, environmental benefits and experiences will be show in this paper.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64697/978-90-835589-7-4_41WC-P2087-cd

Year: 2025