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.
TASK 1
Make a table in your book like the one below.
Use page 80-81 in your text book and page 9899 of Geog.GCSE to find out the advantages
and disadvantages of each type of
management.
Management
Technique
Hard or soft
Engineering?
Description
Advantages
Disadvantages
Task 2 What is meant by Integrated Coastal
Management Zone (ICZM)?
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
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