Coastal Management A-Level CGP (p48) Hard engineering

The aim of coastal management is to protect homes, ................ and the environment

from erosion and flooding.

• businesses

• people

• tourism

............ is the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water.

All coastal settlements want to be defended but not everywhere can be defended because there is limited ........ available.

When choosing which coastal areas are defended and how, decisions are based on ...............

• cost benefit analysis

• risk assessment

• planning laws and regulations

The ................... option for coastal management is to maintain the existing coastal defences.

• do nothing

• do something

• hold the line

What is the 'advance the line' option for coastal management?

• Build new coastal defences further out to sea than the existing line of defence

• Build new coastal defences further up the beach than the existing line of defence

What is the 'do nothing' option of coastal management?

• leave nature to follow its course

• leave the immediate coastal paths open to flooding

• build no defences but deal with erosion and flooding as it happens

Managed realignment is allowing the shoreline to move by managing ............. so it causes least damage

Hard engineering involves building artificial structures, which try to control natural processes at a ............. scale.

• local

• regional

• national

Soft engineering is a more ............., sustainable approach to coastal management, focusing on smaller-scale techniques that align with the natural environment.

• artificial

• natural

• man-made