Coasts Revision - Uses and Development

- Reasons for increasing popularity of coastal areas

- Activities found in coastal areas and reasons they have developed

- Why the coast is and important resource for economic development

- To know some places where coastal development is taking place

Multi-use coastal area - a coastal area where a range of activities take place such as recreation and industry

Growth poles - areas used for business development

Infrastructure - network of links including transportation and services

Sustainable - meeting the needs of the present without compromising those of the future

Uses of the coasts are classified into 5 main categories 

- Industry

- Transport

- Tourism/Leisure

- Settlement 

and

- Environment

- Fishing

- Mining

- Shipbuilding

- Shipbreaking

- Jobs

- Local economy