Hard And Soft Engineering Happisburgh

Question 1

What is hard engineering

Answer 1

A technique involving construction of man made structures to manage the coastline

Question 2

What is soft engineering

Answer 2

A technique involving the construction of more environmentally friendly, less damaging and sustainable management solutions

Question 3

What is cost benefit analysis

Answer 3

Working out all the benefits of something and comparing it with the problems that the new ideas may create

Question 4

What is a sea wall and and advantage and disadvantage

Answer 4

Concrete barrier built at the foot of the cliffs
A - effective at stopping the sea
D - can block views and is unnatural to look at

Question 5

What are groynes and advantage and disadvantage

Answer 5

Timber or rock structures built out to sea from the coast that trap sediment moved by longshore drift
A - not too expensive
D - stop other beaches from getting sediment and often leads to more erosion elsewhere

Question 6

What is Rock armour and advantage and disadvantage

Answer 6

Pile of large boulders dumped at the foot of a cliff
A - quite cheap and easy to look after
D- do not fit in with local geology

Question 7

What is beach nourishment and advantage and disadvantage

Answer 7

Adding sand and shingle to the beach to make it higher or broader
A - blends in with existing beach
D - needs constant maintenance

Question 8

What is dune regeneration and advantage and disadvantage

Answer 8

Marram grass is planted to stabilise the dines and help them develop
A- keeps a natural coastal environment
D - can be damaged by storms

Question 9

What is marsh creation and advantage and disadvantage

Answer 9

Involves allowing low lying coastal areas to be flooded by the sea to become salt marshes
A - creates habitat for wildlife
D - land will be lost as it will be flooded by sea water

Question 10

What are garbinos and advantage and disadvantage

Answer 10

Cages of boulders built into the cliffs face
A - effective where dealing with servers erosion taking place
D - environmentally ugly

Question 11

What is wooden revetment and advantage and disadvantage

Answer 11

Wooden structure that breaks the force of the wave and traps beach material behind it
A - creates a bigger beach
D - may need replacing more often