Coastal management

Question 1

what is hard engineering?

Answer 1

man-made structures built to prevent erosion

Question 2

describe the four main types of hard engineering :

1-sea wall
2-groynes
3-gabions
4-rock armour

Answer 2

1- stop water from getting past the wall and damaging anything behind the wall
2- stops long shore drift from moving around
3- rocks in a metal fence to absorb wave energy
4- rocks along the beach to absorb waves energy

Question 3

what is soft engineering?

Answer 3

where the natural environment is used to help reduce coastal erosion and river flooding

Question 4

describe the 3 main types of soft engineering

1-beach nourishment
2-beach re-profiling
3-dune regeneration

Answer 4

1- sand from the ocean floor shot and spread on a beach too re-fill it of sand

2- sand being moved to create a more natural looking beach (what it looked like before the erosion taken place)

3- plants placed to create sand dunes

Question 5

what is managed retreat?

Answer 5

when the government or local council lets an area of land with little price and/or worth flood and/or be destroyed

Question 6

why are some people in conflict over the management of coastlines?

Answer 6

as some people have different opinions about how their local coastlines/beach’s should be maintained or dealt with.

Question 7

what are the issues on Blyth Coastline?

Answer 7

storms, waves and periods of bad weather have caused significant damage, stripping away much of the sand, significantly increasing the height between the promenade and the beach.

Question 8

how is Blyth Coastline being managed?

Answer 8

with sea walls and groynes.