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Hard engineering Flashcards

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Problems with hard engineering

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Ugly and unnatural
expensive
can interrupt natural processes

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Groynes

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Traps sediment and enlarges beach

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Recurved sea wall

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prevents flooding or waves from coming in

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Rock armour

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Rocks force wave to break by absorbing their energy

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Gabions

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Wire cages filled with rocks bugger against sea

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