Coastal Environments- Management, Pevensey Bay Flashcards
1
Q
Type?
A
Soft engineering
2
Q
Where?
A
Village in East Sussex, England
3
Q
What?
A
An example where soft engineering is used
4
Q
Why?
A
Risk of flooding due to being low lying
Tourist area
Nature reserve, endangered species there
5
Q
Strategies
A
3 main strategies:
Beach replenishment
Beach recycling
Beach reprofiling
6
Q
Beach replenishment
A
Preserve beach, by placing sediment from sea bed onto beach using ship
7
Q
Beach recycling
A
Material moved from built up areas to original position
8
Q
Beach reprofiling
A
Bull dozers-push material that has been carried up beach back to where it originally was
9
Q
Sustainable?
A
Natural
Cheaper
Preserves beach for locals/tourists
