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1
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4.4a) Name a few types of Development indicators

A

Human Development Index,
GDP
GDP per Capita

2
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Name three types of coastal management

A

Sea Wall, Groynes, Rock Armour, Beach nourishment, Slope stabilisation

3
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How is industry effected by the coast?

A

Tourists provide jobs for locals, and shop workers, while Ports can be home to a large number of fishermen and sailors.

4
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How is agriculture effected by sea level rise?

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If the sea level rises and floods farmland, it will become salty, making it hard for anything to grow there.

5
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4.4b) Name a coastal landscape

A

Swanage

6
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Name one type of physical process contributing to erosion

A

Weathering

7
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Name one type of human process contributing to erosion?

A

Groynes (sped up erosion past the terminal groyne.