This paper describes green revetment solutions for riverbank erosion protection together with two case studies in Malaysia. Rivers are subject to the erosion process naturally. If left unattended, riverbank erosion will pose an immediate threat to the structure built alongside the river. A variety of riv-erbank protection systems are available, with rock-based or concrete-based systems being adopted tradi-tionally. However, a soft and environmentally friendly solution is more often preferable. Two types of green revetment solutions are described, namely geotextile bags and sand filled mattresses. These solu-tions provide not only instant green colour appearance to the riverbank, but the highly UV stabilized coarse grain fibres also provide excellent UV protection together with the ability of trapping sediments which will promote vegetation. The first case study presented concerns the application of geotextile bags at Rasau River in Sepang, Malaysia. The project utilized green geotextile bags with high tenacity geogrid anchorage tails for erosion protection. The second case study utilized green sand filled mattresses for ero-sion protection at Jimah River in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
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