soft engineering : Porlock
Where:
South of Minehead
S/w of england - N Devon Coast
Problems:
Beach defence broken
Land behind flooding
Sloping beach -LSD from S/W winds
High tides broke through low sides of beach
Soloution
Let sea flood behind defence - create salt marsh (from fields)
Let beach erode - sea defence at base of cliff
Why
Marsh will absorb impact of future flooding
Town area won't be eroded
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