Case study for managed coastal landscapes - Seedbanks

Question 1

Types of hard engineering

Answer 1

Sea walls
Groins
Rip rap
Gabions

Question 2

Types of soft engineering

Answer 2

Beach recharge
Re-grading
Vegetation planting

Question 3

Seedbanks Peninsula

Answer 3

Separates Poole harbour from poole bay

The area is heavily managed

Question 4

The need for management

Answer 4

High value commercial properties
Residential properties
Tourist attraction
Provides wave protection and shelter for poole harbour (place popular for water sports)
Narrow entrance to poole harbour, LSD could cause the entrance to become shallow and eventually blocked

Question 5

types of management being used

Answer 5

Rock groynes - used to maintain a deep wide beach, wider teachers absorb more wave energy , reduce the movement of sediment along the coastline by LSD

Beach recharge - This is used to conserve the beach, sand dredged from offshore is sprayed onto the beach