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1
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What do Coastal Defences Include?

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Hard and Soft Engineering.

2
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What is Hard Engineering?

A

Man-Made Structures Built to Control the Flow of the Sea and Reduce Flooding and Erosion.

3
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What is Soft Engineering?

A

Schemes Set Up Using Knowledge of the Sea and its Processes to Reduce the Effects of Flooding and Erosion.

4
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Is a Sea Wall Hard or Soft Engineering?

A

Hard.

5
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Are Groynes Hard or Soft Engineering?

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Hard.

6
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Is Beach Replenishment Hard or Soft Engineering?

A

Soft.

7
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Is Slope Stabilisation Hard or Soft Engineering?

A

Soft.

8
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Is Strategic Realignment Hard or Soft Engineering?

A

Soft.

9
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What is a Sea Wall?

A

A Wall Made Out of a Hard Material like Concrete that Reflects Waves Back to Sea.

10
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What are Groynes?

A

Wooden or Stone Fences that are Built at Right Angles to the Coast.

11
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What is Beach Replenishment?

A

Sand and Shingle From Elsewhere Added to the Upper Part of Beaches.

12
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What is Slope Stabilisation?

A

Slopes are Reinforced By Inserting Concrete Nails into the Ground and Covering the Slope with Metal Netting.

13
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What is Strategic Realignment?

A

Removing an Existing Defence and Allowing the Land Behind it to Flood.

14
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Benefits of Sea Walls?

A

Prevents Erosion and Acts as a Barrier to Prevent Flooding.

15
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Benefits of Groynes?

A

Create Wider Beaches which Slow the Waves. This Gives Greater Protection From Flooding and Erosion. They’re Fairly Cheap.

16
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Benefits of Beach Replenishment?

A

Creates Wider Beaches which Slow Waves Giving Greater Protection From Flooding and Erosion.

17
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Benefits of Slope Stabilisation?

A

Prevents Mass Movements By Increasing the Strength of the Slope.

18
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Benefits of Strategic Realignment?

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Over Time the Land will Become Marshland - Creating New Habitats. Flooding and Erosion are Reduced Behind the Marshland.

19
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Costs of Sea Walls?

A

Creates a Strong Backwash, which Erodes Under the Wall. Sea Walls are Very Expensive to Build and to Maintain.

20
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Costs of Groynes?

A

They Starve the Beaches Further Down the Coast of Sand, Making them Narrower. Narrower Beaches don’t Protect the Coast.

21
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Costs of Beach Replenishment?

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Taking Material From the Seabed can Kill Organisms. It’s Very Expensive and Has to be Repeated.

22
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Costs of Slope Stabilisation?

A

It’s Very Expensive and Difficult to Install.

23
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Costs of Strategic Realignment?

A

People may Disagree Over what Land is Allowed to Flood.

24
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It doesn’t Cost Anything to Let the Coast __________ Naturally, but Infrastructure May Be _______.

A

Retreat…Lost…

25
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In Order to Protect the Coast and Avoid Conflict, Management Strategies Need to Be ______________.

A

Sustainable.

26
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Integrated Coastal Zone Management (_______) is an Approach that Aims to Protect the _________.

A

ICZM…Coast…