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Worksheets"Do nothing" or Coastal management
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Involves the construction of physical structures to protect coasts from erosion
Hard engineering
Soft engineering
Does not involve building artificial structures, but takes a more sustainable and natural approach to managing the coast
Hard engineering
Soft engineering
Type of hard engeneering
vertical sea wall
groynes
rip rap
Type of hard engeneering
Breakwater
Gabions
Groynes
Type of hard engeneering
rip-rap
re-curved sea wall
groynes
Which country doesn't need hard engineering?
Colombia
Argentina
Hungary
Malaysia
Type of hard engeneering
re-curved sea wall
gabions
breakwater
Type of hard engeneering
gabions
revetment
sea wall
Type of hard engeneering
(yes Nazrin, it's Baku)
breakwater
gabions
rip-rap
Choose revetment
Which type of hard engeneering is not expensive?
re-curved sea wall
breakwater
sea wall
groynes
If initially the certain type of hard engeneering is cheap, what is the main economic problem?
Costs change depending on each currency
Can often be damaged by local people
Most of them require maintenance every year
Type of soft engineering
managed retreat
beach nourishment
clif drainage
Which one is soft engineering?
sea wall
managed retreat
Type of soft engineering
cliff drainage
managed retreat
planning control
Type of soft engineering
managed retreat
cliff drainage
sand dune
Type of soft engineering
sand dune conservation
cliff re-grading
managed retreat
What is the main problem of most soft engineering projects?
Very expensive
Needs mostrecent technology
Can damage nearby settlements or farming areas
Which country need coastal management?
