Starter quiz
- What is a coastline?
- A line of sand dunes
- The boundary between the land and the sea ✓
- A type of mountain
- A river that flows into the ocean
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- What causes waves to form at the coast?
- Tides
- Wind blowing across the sea ✓
- Earthquakes under the sea
- Sun heating the ocean
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- What is erosion at the coast caused by?
- Wind and rain
- Waves crashing on the shore ✓
- People walking on the beach
- Animals living in the sea
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- The coastline of the UK is shaped by the processes of...
- Erosion ✓
- Evaporation
- Transportation ✓
- Condensation
- Deposition ✓
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- What is a risk that people face at the coastline?
- Droughts
- Earthquakes
- Flooding and coastal erosion ✓
- Tornadoes
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- Why do people live near the coast despite the risk of erosion and flooding?
- Because there are no other places to live
- Because of employment opportunities such as fishing and tourism ✓
- Because people like the way of life at the coast ✓
- Because there are fewer people in coastal areas
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Exit quiz
- Which of these is a type of coastal management?
- sea walls ✓
- volcanoes
- forests
- mountains
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- Which of these is an example of hard engineering?
- a sea wall ✓
- beach replenishment
- groynes ✓
- dune stabilisation
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- ______ are groups of people who could be affected by a coastal management plan or other project.
- 'Stakeholders' ✓
- Which of these stakeholders would be most concerned with the financial cost of a coastal management plan?
- the local council ✓
- local residents
- the local fishing industry
- marine environmental groups
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Key learning points
- Management plans are in place in order to protect the coast.
- In England and Wales, local councils work with the government to implement Shoreline Management Plans.
- Hard and soft engineering can be used to help protect coastal areas from erosion.
- There are different groups of stakeholders in coastal areas.
- Different stakeholders support different coastal management plans.
Common misconception
That everyone involved or invested in a plan must want said coastal management project to happen to protect the coastline of an area.
In almost all cases, there are a wide range of opinions about coastal management projects, some in support of the plans and others not in favour for various reasons that they feel are important.
Keywords
Hard engineering - building fixed structures to reduce coastal erosion
Soft engineering - working with nature to reduce coastal erosion
Risk - the possibility that something bad or unpleasant, such as an injury, might happen
Stakeholder - a person who has an interest in a given resource
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