Soft Engineering Basic

Question 1

Beach replenishment

Answer 1

Replacement of sediment lost through LSD

Question 2

Managed retreat

Answer 2

Abandoning of current sea defences and management of exposed land to reduce wave power e.g saltmarshes

Question 3

Dune regeneration

Answer 3

Stabilising of dunes by planting marram grass selective grazing and providing boardwalks for tourists

Question 4

Marsh creation

Answer 4

Realignment of the coast by creating saltmarshes to absorb wave energy

Question 5

Do nothing

Answer 5

The easy option of dealing with flooding and erosion is to just ignore them

This usually only happens in areas of low value where the ex are no people living and property is low value