Soft engineering

the advantages and disadvantages of soft engineering

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Soft engineering

Advantages

  • less expensive
  • more enviromentally firendly
  • increases the value of the area- can attract tourists

Disadvantages

  • not sutible where areas are very developed
  • requires lots of ongoing maintenance which is expensive
  • not always as effective as hard engineering

Evaluation

effective for areas with small populations or amounts of development and can imporve the general environment attracting tourists, but may not be as effective as hard engineering and can be expensive to maintain.

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