hard engineering

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	hard engineering
	Advantages effective when protecting built up coastal areas groynes good at slowing down londshore drift, building up beaches which protects coastal areas behind them	Disadvantages expensive- £3-8 million per km groynes stop movement of sediment down coast reducing beach levels and increasing erosion unslightly to look at
	Evaluation when used correctly, hard engineering can be a very effective way of preventing erosion in dveloped areas, however some hard engineering defences like groynes can cause problems for areas down the coast without the correct protection from coastal erosion.

hard engineering

Advantages

effective when protecting built up coastal areas
groynes good at slowing down londshore drift, building up beaches which protects coastal areas behind them

Disadvantages

expensive- £3-8 million per km
groynes stop movement of sediment down coast reducing beach levels and increasing erosion
unslightly to look at

Evaluation

when used correctly, hard engineering can be a very effective way of preventing erosion in dveloped areas, however some hard engineering defences like groynes can cause problems for areas down the coast without the correct protection from coastal erosion.

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