1. Coasts in UK

Question 1

What is hard engineering?

Answer 1

Hard engineering is:

• Strategy to protect the coast line and nearby properties/businesses.
• Groynes to break wave, gabions (large metal baskets filled with rocks), sea walls

Question 2

What is soft engineering?

Answer 2

Stragery to protect the coastline & buildings near the shore

• less expensive than hard engineering
• sand dune regeneration - planting of marram grass - helps to protect sand in the dunes from been blown away - provides a habitat for coastal biodiversity