Coasts

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Land Reclamation
The process of creating new land on the sea, which is enclosed by an embankment and then drained.
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Hold the line
Maintaining or upgrading the level of protection provided by defences already in place (eg Blackpool)
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Managed retreat
Moving the line of defence inland. Allows retreat of the shoreline, with the ability to control or limit movement.
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Advance the line
Building new coastal defences seaward of the existing defence line
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Rias
Drowned or flooded river valleys formed at the end of the last ice age.
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Coastal Zoning
Divides the coast into land use zones. Identifies the zones at risk of erosion where the costs exceed the benefits, so they may not get protection.
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Eustatic change
Change in sea level (increases as land ice melts). Global change.
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Isostatic change
Change in the level of the land. Local change. Occurs after land ice melts (after an Ice Age), and the land rises after the weight is removed. Causes a relative fall in sea level.
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Flood Risk equation
Risk = Hazard + Vulnerability
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Crowded Coast
A coastal location where there are a wide variety of competing land uses, leading to pressure on space. This can also lead to increased pollution, traffic congestion, house prices. Tourism may contribute.
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Card 2

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Maintaining or upgrading the level of protection provided by defences already in place (eg Blackpool)

Back

Hold the line

Card 3

Front

Moving the line of defence inland. Allows retreat of the shoreline, with the ability to control or limit movement.

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

Building new coastal defences seaward of the existing defence line

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Drowned or flooded river valleys formed at the end of the last ice age.

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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