Coastal Management Flashcards
6 key hard engineering strategies
Groynes
Sea wall
Gabinons
Rock armour
Offshore breakwater
Revetment
4 key soft engineering strategies
Beach nourishment
Dune regeneration/ stabilisation
Managed retreat e.g marsh creation
Cliff regrading and drainage
Hard engineering strategies make a physical change to the landscape using …materials e.g concrete, wood, metal
Resistant
Soft engineering strategies use natural …for coastal defence which can absorb and adjust to wave and tide energy e.g beaches, dunes and salt marshes
Systems
A stakeholder is anyone with an …in a place and includes individuals/ groups/ organisations that are affected by/ care about what happens in a place
Interest
A stakeholder is…
Anyone with an interest in a place including individuals/ groups/ organisations that are affected by/ care about what happens in that place
Examples of stakeholders in coastal areas
Residents
Tourists
Business owners
Government
Council
Landowners
Environmental groups
Heritage organisations
Marine transport companies
ICZM stands for…
Integrated coastal zone management
ICZM is a systems perspective based of the idea that an action in one location will…
Likely have an impact elsewhere
(E.g installing groynes in one coastal area will have an impact on neighbouring areas where they will receive less sediment via longshore drift so their beach may shrink etc)
True or false, Integrated Coastal Zone Management only takes into account some factors and doesn’t look at the wider picture or how other areas will be affected
False
It uses the idea that an action in one location will likely have an impact elsewhere and takes into account all factors when planning coastal management (uses holistic planning)
ICZM plans use holistic planning. This means that…
The plan takes into account all factors e.g how an action in one area will likely have an impact on another area
True or false, ICZMs bring together all stakeholders in the coastal environment
True
(They use holistic planning so take into account all factors, all the different people that may be affected by the coastal management, the idea that taking action in one area may have an affect on other areas etc)
True or false, ICZMs aim to contribute to sustainable development
True
The overall aim of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) planning is to coordinate all the potential pressures and conflicts of interest and manage them …, … and …
Fairly
Responsibly
Sustainably
(The aim is to make a plan that is sustainable and takes into account the people (and their values, views and interests), livelihoods and physical environments)-try and achieve the best outcome to have the best impact in as many different factors as possible and try to not cause conflict e.g if an environmental group think that the beach nourishment shouldn’t have taken place due to dredging the sea floor which destroys habitats
4 stages of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) cycle
Planning–> Decision making –> Managing and Monitoring of implementation –> Information Collection