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Coastal management Flashcards

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Hard engineering

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Man made structures that aim to prevent erosion

Successful at preventing erosion in the desired area, may exacerbate erosion elsewhere

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Soft engineering

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Aims to work with and complement the physical environment

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Groynes

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Timber/rock protrusions that trap sediment from LSD
Built at right angles to the beach

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3 strengths and 2 limitations of GROYNES

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+ Builds up the beach, protecting the cliff, increasing tourist potential
+ Cost effective
+ Works with natural processes

  • Visually unappealing
  • Deprives areas downwind of sediment increasing erosion elsewhere
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Sea walls

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Concrete structures that absorb and reflect wave energy, with a curved surface

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2 strengths and 3 limitations of SEA WALLS

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+ Effective at erosion prevention
+ Promenade has tourism benefits

  • Visually unappealing
  • Expensive to construct and maintain
  • Wave energy reflected elsewhere
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Rip Rap (rock armour)

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Large rocks that reduce wave energy, but allow water to flow through

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3 strengths and 3 limitations of RIP RAP

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+ Cost effective
+ Easy to maintain
+ Can be used for recreation (fishing, sunbathing)

  • Rocks sourced from elsewhere so don’t match the geology
  • Hazard if they are climbed on
  • Can be intrusive
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Revetments

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Wooden/concrete ramps that help absorb wave energy

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1 strength and 3 limitations of REVETMENTS

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+ Cost effective

  • Visually unappealing
  • Intrusive and looks unnatural
  • Need high levels of maintenance
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Beach nourishment

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Sediment is taken from offshore sources to build up the existing beach

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3 strengths and 2 limitations of BEACH NOURISHMENT

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+ Builds up the beach, protects the cliff, increases tourist potential
+ Coat effective
+ Looks natural

  • Needs constant maintenance
  • Sediment needs to be taken from elsewhere
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Cliff regrading and drainage

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Reduces the angle of the cliff to help stabilise it

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1 strength and 2 limitations of CLIFF REGRADING AND DRAINAGE

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+ Cost effective

  • Drained cliffs can dry out and therefore more likely to collapse
  • Regrading effectively causes the cliff to retreat
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Dune stabilisation

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Marram grass planted to stabilise sand dunes

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3 strengths and 2 limitations of DUNE STABALISATION

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+ Cost effective
+ Creates habitats for wildlife
+ Maintains natural environment

  • Planting is time consuming
  • Newly planted areas may be damaged by pedestrians
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Marsh creation

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Type of managed retreat allowing low-lying areas to flood

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2 strengths and 2 limitations of MARSH CREATION

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+ Creates wildlife habitats
+ Relatively cheap

  • Agricultural land is lost
  • Farmers need to be compensated
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Cost-benefit analysis

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Analysis carried out before any form of coastal management takes places
Expected benefits have to outweigh the costs before the project goes ahead

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Sustainable coastal management

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Sustainable integrated approaches becoming more widely used
Holistic strategies

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Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)

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Large sections of coastline are managed with one integrated strategy
ICZM recognises CM must be sustainable, environmental protection is prioritised over economic development
ICZM must involve stakeholders

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Shoreline Management Plans (SMP’s)

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Each sediment cell has a SMP
Identifies all activities (human and physical) that occur within that coastline

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Conflict over policy decisions

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Winners and losers
Some people will benefit, some will not

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Impacts of coastal management on sediment cells

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Types of coastal management can have impacts on other areas of the coastline

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4 options considered in SMP’s

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Hold the Line
Advance the Line
Managed retreat
No active intervention

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Hold the Line

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Stop further coastal retreat due to erosion (often hard engineering strategies are used)

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Advance the Line

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Involves extending the coastline further from the existing shore out to sea (encouraging build up of a wider beach)

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Managed retreat

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Coastlines are allowed to retreat in a managed way onto land

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No active intervention

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Putting no management schemes in place and allowing natura processes to take their course

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