Coastline Management (OCR GCSE Geography B (Geography for Enquiring Minds)): Flashcards
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Hard engineering
Hard engineering
Builds structures that oppose natural coastal processes
Soft engineering
Soft engineering
Works with natural coastal processes, not against them
Four SMP options
Four SMP options
Do nothing, hold line, retreat line, advance line
Sea walls
Sea walls
Concrete barriers protecting cliffs/buildings from waves
Groynes
Groynes
Barriers at right angles to shore trapping sediment
Rock armour (rip rap)
Rock armour (rip rap)
Large boulders absorbing and dissipating wave energy
Offshore reefs
Offshore reefs
Barriers in sea parallel to coast where waves break
Beach nourishment
Beach nourishment
Importing sand/shingle to increase beach size
Managed retreat
Managed retreat
Allowing low-value land to erode/flood naturally
Groynes knock-on effect
Groynes knock-on effect
Starve beaches downdrift of sediment