Coastal Management Flashcards
Amenity value
The value given by people to a beach for leisure.
Beach nourishment
dumping or pumping sand from one location to a beach to replace lost sediment
Cliff drainage
Installing steel panels into a Cliffside to aid in draining water as to prevent rotational slumping.
Cliff regrading
reducing the angle of a slope to reduce the rate of mass movement.
Cost-Benefit analysis
process of comparing the benefits brought by a project with the overall costs of it to determine whether it is a viable option in developing an area.
Dune stabilisation
installing plant life and barriers/fences to reduce the rate of dune erosion.
Environment impact Assessment
Analysing the positive or negative environmental impacts a project may have on the local or surrounding environments.
Environmental refugees.
A person who has been displaced as rapid changes to their original home has rendered it uninhabitable e.g. flooding of smaller islands due to rising sea levels has forced their populations to move to larger ones.
Gabions
Metal cages filled with boulders or concrete which absorb wave energy.
Groynes
Wooden barriers that block sand and debris moving along the coastline via long shore drift.
Hard engineering
coastal management projects that directly interfere with natural processes.
Holistic coastal management strategies.
A management strategy using an integrated approach to all human aspects of the coast.
Integrated coastal management
process by which holistic coastal management strategies are developed.
Managed retreat
strategy of cordoning of land to allow natural processes to take effect.
Non-governmental organisations
not-for-profit organisations that operate separately from any state or international governmental bodies.
