Coastal Management Strategies
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- Coastal Management
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- Wooden or stone fences at right angles to the coast.
- Trap material transported by longshore drift.
- Areas further down the coast are impacted by having less sediment.
- Sea Walls
- Concrete walls to reflect waves back out to sea.
- Can create a strong backwash- sediment removed from the coast.
- Prevent cliffs from being eroded.
- Beach Replenish-ment
- Sand and shingle from sea bed added to the upper parts of a beach.
- Wider beaches- protects cliffs.
- Very expensive and needs to be re-done every 20 years.
- Industry and Tourism
- Quarrying for limestone.
- Gravel taken from Chesil beach for use construction.
- Coastal footpaths along the cliff tops are gradually worn down.
- Underlying soil exposed to weathering by wind and rain.
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