Coastal Management

What are the two types of coastal management called?

• Hard engineering

• Soft engineering

• Long-term management

• Short-term management

Sort these characteristics into hard or soft engineering

Groups:

(a) Hard Engineering

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(b) Soft Engineering

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(c) Both

• Controls the flow of the sea

• Works with the natural environment

• Often very expensive

• Reduces the effects of erosion and flooding

• Man-made

• Often allows waves to continue their natural processes

• Often quite cheap or free

• Uses knowledge of the sea and it's processes

Sort the coastal management strategies into hard and soft engineering

Groups:

(a) Hard Engineering

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(b) Soft Engineering

• Rock Armour/Rip Rap

• Gabions

• Managed retreat

• Sea Wall

• Groynes

• Beach replenishment

Match the following images of coastal management strategies to their names

• Groynes

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• Beach Replenishment

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• Sea Wall

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• Rock Armour

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• Gabions

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What type of coastal landform is this?

• Spit

• Bar

• Beach

• Island

What process is needed to form a spit?

• Longshore Drift

• Hydraulic Action

• Abrasion

• Attrition

What is the main problem in Happisburgh?

• Rapid Erosion

• Large amounts of deposition

• Too much rainfall

• Drought