EQ4 Flashcards
1
Q
What are the economic costs of coastal recession and flooding?
A
Loss of property (homes and businesses), transport lines and also farmland (livelihood)
2
Q
What are the social costs of coastal recession and flooding?
A
Relocation and community disruption and also impacts of health and wellbeing (stress)
3
Q
Environmental costs of coastal recession and flooding?
A
Loss of coastal habitats and ecosystems
4
Q
What are environmental refugees?
A
People forced to abandon their homes due to natural processes e.g. maldives due to sea level rise - coastal erosion, rising sea levels, volcanoes etc
5
Q
4 examples of sea defences?
A
Sea walls
Rock armour
groynes
reventments
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