Starter quiz
- __________ engineering uses artificial structures to protect coastlines from erosion and flooding.
- Hard ✓
- Soft
- Natural
- Man-made
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- Match the keyword with its definition.
- hard engineering⇔using artificial structures to protect coastlines ✓
- soft engineering⇔making use of natural processes to reduce erosion and flooding ✓
- managed retreat⇔when areas of the coast are deliberately allowed to flood or erode ✓
- stakeholders⇔groups or individuals involved in or interested in changes being made ✓
- Lyme Regis is a coastal town in Dorset, on the ______ coast of England.
- 'south' ✓
- What does 'fetch' relate to at the coast?
- the distance of the sea, over which the wind has travelled ✓
- the direction of the wind
- how far up the beach a wave will travel
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- Why does Lyme Regis need coastal management?
- long fetch, powerful waves ✓
- high rates of mass movement ✓
- risks to people’s homes and businesses ✓
- protected by headlands
- the cliffs are stable
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- Which are examples of hard engineering methods being used at Lyme Regis?
- beach nourishment
- groynes ✓
- managed retreat
- sea wall ✓
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Exit quiz
- ______ engineering means making use of natural processes to reduce erosion and flooding in a way that minimises environmental impact.
- 'Soft' ✓
- The cliffs at Lyme Regis are made up of an unstable mix of layers of thin __________ and softer __________ layers.
- limestone ✓
- clay ✓
- basalt
- granite
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- Tourism is the biggest industry in Lyme Regis for a number of reasons:
- fossil hunting ✓
- fishing ✓
- sand boarding
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- Dorset Council’s Environmental Improvement Strategy for Lyme Regis has included both hard engineering and soft engineering strategies over its five phases (stages):
- Phase 1⇔in 1995 sea walls and rock armour constructed ✓
- Phase 2 and 3⇔beach nourishment and cliff stabilisation completed in 2007 ✓
- Phase 4⇔cliff stabilisation and new concrete sea wall in front of old (2014) ✓
- Phase 5⇔strengthening of “the Cobb”, a wall and walkway (2025) ✓
- Environmental groups are often opposed to ______ strategies like sea walls and groynes, arguing they disrupt natural processes and damage ecosystems.
- 'hard engineering' ✓
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Key learning points
- Location of Lyme Regis in the UK.
- There are several reasons why Lyme Regis needs coastal management.
- A range of coastal management strategies are used at Lyme Regis.
- The management strategies used at Lyme Regis have a range of effects.
Common misconception
Coastal management strategies like sea walls and groynes completely solve the threat of coastal erosion.
Coastal management reduces the risk of coastal erosion but does not completely protect an area from erosion.
Keywords
Hard engineering - using artificial structures to protect coastlines from erosion and flooding
Soft engineering - making use of natural processes to reduce erosion and flooding in a way that minimises environmental impact
Managed retreat - when areas of the coast are deliberately allowed to flood or erode naturally
Stakeholders - any groups or individuals involved in or interested in changes being made at the coast
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