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    Groynes and sea walls are coastal management techniques to reduce erosion. Groynes trap sand to reduce erosion in one area, but can increase it elsewhere. Sea walls protect cliffs but are expensive and prevent wildlife. Beach replenishment maintains beaches to attract tourism but requires constant maintenance as sand is lost. Allowing erosion without intervention sacrifices property but saves money and does not interfere with natural coastal processes.

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    Groynes and sea walls are coastal management techniques to reduce erosion. Groynes trap sand to reduce erosion in one area, but can increase it elsewhere. Sea walls protect cliffs but are expensive and prevent wildlife. Beach replenishment maintains beaches to attract tourism but requires constant maintenance as sand is lost. Allowing erosion without intervention sacrifices property but saves money and does not interfere with natural coastal processes.

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    Groynes and sea walls are coastal management techniques to reduce erosion. Groynes trap sand to reduce erosion in one area, but can increase it elsewhere. Sea walls protect cliffs but are expensive and prevent wildlife. Beach replenishment maintains beaches to attract tourism but requires constant maintenance as sand is lost. Allowing erosion without intervention sacrifices property but saves money and does not interfere with natural coastal processes.

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    01 - Defences Matrix

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    Groynes and sea walls are coastal management techniques to reduce erosion. Groynes trap sand to reduce erosion in one area, but can increase it elsewhere. Sea walls protect cliffs but are expensive and prevent wildlife. Beach replenishment maintains beaches to attract tourism but requires constant maintenance as sand is lost. Allowing erosion without intervention sacrifices property but saves money and does not interfere with natural coastal processes.

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    COASTAL MANAGEMENT

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    Description Costs Benefits
    Groynes These can make it difficult to They effectively stop the
    A barrier, normally made of either wood do activities on the beach as movement of beach material
    they split it into smaller by longshore drift, so when the
    or concrete is placed at right-angles to the sections. Because they trap waves hit the beach some of
    cliff. sand it means that no sand the energy and speed is lost
    moves further down the coast and less erosion happens.
    so other places get eroded
    more. They can also be costly
    to build and maintain.
    Sea wall It is ugly and it prevents birds It lasts a long time and is very
    This is built on the cliff face to protect the from nesting in the cliff face. It good at stopping erosion of the
    costs a lot of money to build cliff. Quite often there is a
    cliff from erosion. It is made of concrete. and erosion still happens at walkway built along the wall
    either end of the wall. which encourages tourism.

    Rock armour They restrict the amount of They absorb the power of the
    Large boulders are piled up on the beach. beach available for people to waves before they hit the cliff.
    use. Can be expensive to buy Some wildlife can still survive in
    the rocks and transport them the gaps between the rocks.
    to the coast.

    Beach replenishment It will need constant This is a cheaper option than


    This amount of sand on the beach is maintenance as the sea will some of the others. It ensures
    continue to take the new sand that the beach is kept which
    increased through the use of heavy away. will attract tourists.
    machinery such as dump trucks to move
    sand from inland to the beach.

    No Active Intervention People’s property, (farmland, The local council does not have
    houses, businesses), will be to pay out money for defences so
    This is when the decision is made to not to
    sacrificed to the sea. Often the this money can be spent on
    protect the cliffs from erosion and it leads owners also have to pay for the other things such as providing
    to any land and property above collapsing debris to be taken away! good schools and hospitals.
    into the sea. Often people aren’t There is no interference with
    natural coastal processes.
    compensated.

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