Coasts

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Hard Engineering- Advantages
Effective when building up coastal areas
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Hard Engineering-Advantages
Groynes good at slowing down LSD, building up beaches which protects coastal areas behind them
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Hard Engineering-Disadvantages
Expensive-£3-8 million per km
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Haed Engineering-Disadvantages
Groynes stop movement of sediment down coast reducing beach levels and increasing erosion
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Hard Engineering-Disadvantages
Not attractive
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Soft Engineering-Advantages
Less expensive
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Soft Engineering-Advantages
More environmentally friendly
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Soft Engineering-Advantages
Increases the value of the area-can attract tourists
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Soft Engineering-Disadvantages
Not suitable where areas are well developed
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Soft Engineering-Disadvantages
Requires lots of ongoing maintenance-expensive
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Soft Engineering-Disadvantages
Not always as effective as hard engineering
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Card 2

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Groynes good at slowing down LSD, building up beaches which protects coastal areas behind them

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Hard Engineering-Advantages

Card 3

Front

Expensive-£3-8 million per km

Back

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Card 4

Front

Groynes stop movement of sediment down coast reducing beach levels and increasing erosion

Back

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Card 5

Front

Not attractive

Back

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