Aims
- Protect homes.
- Protect businesses.
- Protect the environment from erosion & flooding.
- Flooding and erosion of the coastline can have severe social, economic and environmental impacts.
- All coastal settlements want to be defended, but the amount of money availableis limited so not everywhere can be defended.
Four Options for Coastal Management
- Hold the line- maintain the existing coastal defences.
- Advance the line- build new defences.
- Do nothing- build no defences and deal with erosion and flooding as it happens.
- Managed realignment – allow the shoreline to move but manage retreat so it causes least damage.