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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. Beach replenishment Managed retreat Cliff Regrading
Beach Nourishment-
£ per
square metre
5min cli
Cliff Regrading

5. Task 1
Make a table in your book like the one below. Use page in your text book and page 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

6. 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

7. 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