Lesson 6: Coastal Management Lesson Objective: To list the advantages and disadvantages of different coastal management techniques. Lesson 6: Coastal Management

Hard and soft engineering There are 2 types of engineering that are used at the coast Hard Engineering= this means using solid structures to resist forces of erosion Soft Engineering (or Holistic approaches)= this is an approach that considers all aspects if management including; environment, social and economic factors. It usually uses smaller structures often from natural resources.

Sea Wall- £2000 per metre Groynes- £2000 per metre Off-Shore Reef Gabions- £100 per metre Revetments- £1000 per metre Rip Rap- £300 per metre

Beach replenishment Managed retreat Cliff Regrading Beach Nourishment- £500-1000 per square metre 5min cli Cliff Regrading

Task 1 Make a table in your book like the one below. Use page 80-81 in your text book and page 98-99 of Geog.GCSE to find out the advantages and disadvantages of each type of management. Task 2 What is meant by Integrated Coastal Management Zone (ICZM)? Management Technique Hard or soft Engineering? Description Advantages Disadvantages

Task 3 Imagine you are the following people...which type of management do you think they would go for- Hard or soft engineering? Give reasons for your answer Tourist Board in a busy tourist area Local resident living on a cliff top Local Government who need to improve education in the area School children who go to the beach every summer

Plenary Which option would be the most sustainable? With the person next to you briefly decide which of the options is going to be the most sustainable and why? Hard engineering Soft engineering ICZM