Sustainable Coastline Management

Question 1

What does the term sustainable managament mean ?

Answer 1

Projecting the coastline today that is the environmental, social and economic factors both now and long term.
Ensuring we don’t damage/ deplete
Future has resource

Question 2

CBA

Answer 2

Carries out before implementing costal management.

Cost of implementing / demolition/ maintenance compared with potential benefits which could be the saving of economically viable land/ homes

Tangible
Intangible

Question 3

Tangible

Answer 3

Monetary

Question 4

Intangible

Answer 4

Other effects - visual impact

Question 5

What is sustainable managament?

Answer 5

Holistic approach

Meaning different secretions of coastline are interlinked and function togther

Question 6

What does ICZM focus on?

Answer 6

Peoples livelihoods.
Sustainable.
All stakeholders.
Long term.
Work with natural processes.
Activities like aquaculture/fishing/tourism.
Mitigation/ adaptation to climate change.

Question 7

What kind of approach is the ICZM?

Answer 7

Eco system based

Operating within limits of natural resources

Question 8

What processes especially does ICZM focus on?

Answer 8

Areas vulnerable to climate change/ natural hazards/ erosion/ flooding / sea level rise

Question 9

What was coastal management like in past?

Answer 9

Sectoral
Local authorities made decisions for their stretch of the coastline.
Led to decisions which undermined each other/ failure to meet sustainability.

Question 10

Maritime Spatial planning

Answer 10

Alongside ICZM
Stakeholders
Maps activities to see impacts to inform future planning.
Improve interaction between sea and land - offshore wind turbines to electricity distribution on land

Question 11

What is every sediment cell given in uk

Answer 11

An SMP to help with coastline management.

Identifies all human/ natural processes occurring at coast.

Considered to closed but there will inevitably be transfers.

Question 12

What 4 protective measures can be adopted in Uk?

Answer 12

Hold the line

Managed retreat

Advance the line

Do nothing

Question 13

Hold the line

Answer 13

Current defences used to maintain coast , no new ones added

Question 14

Managed retreat

Answer 14

Abandoned current defences and allow water in land to create own defence like salt marsh

Question 15

Advance the line

Answer 15

Defences built to move shoreline seawards for protection of population

Question 16

Do nothing

Answer 16

Exposed to natural processes

Question 17

What factors are taken into consideration when implementing management options

Answer 17

Economic viability- gas refineries protected but caravan park not.

Wealth

Engineering solution - sea wall may not be suitable for that area.

Site of specific scientific interest

Question 18

When were SMPs introducted

Answer 18

1995

Question 19

How many smps

Answer 19

22 in England/ wales

Question 20

Key features of smp

Answer 20

Risks associated with evolution of coast

Long term

Sustainable

Review to improve

Question 21

Conflict

Answer 21

People will be protected - homes/ land. Happy. Don’t have to move.

People who aren’t , fear of losing house/ community / strong sense of place as lived experience.