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Example of a coastal management scheme

I can understand the reasons, strategy, effects and conflicts associated with coastal management at Lyme Regis.

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Example of a coastal management scheme

I can understand the reasons, strategy, effects and conflicts associated with coastal management at Lyme Regis.

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Key learning points

  1. Location of Lyme Regis in the UK.
  2. There are several reasons why Lyme Regis needs coastal management.
  3. A range of coastal management strategies are used at Lyme Regis.
  4. The management strategies used at Lyme Regis have a range of effects.

Keywords

  • Hard engineering - using artificial structures to protect coastlines from erosion and flooding

  • Soft engineering - making use of natural processes to reduce erosion and flooding in a way that minimises environmental impact

  • Managed retreat - when areas of the coast are deliberately allowed to flood or erode naturally

  • Stakeholders - any groups or individuals involved in or interested in changes being made at the coast

Common misconception

Coastal management strategies like sea walls and groynes completely solve the threat of coastal erosion.

Coastal management reduces the risk of coastal erosion but does not completely protect an area from erosion.


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6 Questions

Q1.
__________ engineering uses artificial structures to protect coastlines from erosion and flooding.
Correct answer: Hard
Soft
Natural
Man-made
Q2.
Match the keyword with its definition.
Correct Answer:hard engineering,using artificial structures to protect coastlines
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using artificial structures to protect coastlines

Correct Answer:soft engineering,making use of natural processes to reduce erosion and flooding
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making use of natural processes to reduce erosion and flooding

Correct Answer:managed retreat,when areas of the coast are deliberately allowed to flood or erode
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when areas of the coast are deliberately allowed to flood or erode

Correct Answer:stakeholders,groups or individuals involved in or interested in changes being made
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groups or individuals involved in or interested in changes being made

Q3.
Lyme Regis is a coastal town in Dorset, on the coast of England.
Correct Answer: south
Q4.
What does 'fetch' relate to at the coast?
Correct answer: the distance of the sea, over which the wind has travelled
the direction of the wind
how far up the beach a wave will travel
Q5.
Why does Lyme Regis need coastal management?
Correct answer: long fetch, powerful waves
Correct answer: high rates of mass movement
Correct answer: risks to people’s homes and businesses
protected by headlands
the cliffs are stable
Q6.
Which are examples of hard engineering methods being used at Lyme Regis?
beach nourishment
Correct answer: groynes
managed retreat
Correct answer: sea wall

5 Questions

Q1.
engineering means making use of natural processes to reduce erosion and flooding in a way that minimises environmental impact.
Correct Answer: Soft
Q2.
The cliffs at Lyme Regis are made up of an unstable mix of layers of thin __________ and softer __________ layers.
Correct answer: limestone
Correct answer: clay
basalt
granite
Q3.
Tourism is the biggest industry in Lyme Regis for a number of reasons:
Correct answer: fossil hunting
Correct answer: fishing
sand boarding
Q4.
Dorset Council’s Environmental Improvement Strategy for Lyme Regis has included both hard engineering and soft engineering strategies over its five phases (stages):
Correct Answer:Phase 1,in 1995 sea walls and rock armour constructed
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in 1995 sea walls and rock armour constructed

Correct Answer:Phase 2 and 3,beach nourishment and cliff stabilisation completed in 2007
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beach nourishment and cliff stabilisation completed in 2007

Correct Answer:Phase 4,cliff stabilisation and new concrete sea wall in front of old (2014)
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cliff stabilisation and new concrete sea wall in front of old (2014)

Correct Answer:Phase 5,strengthening of “the Cobb”, a wall and walkway (2025)
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strengthening of “the Cobb”, a wall and walkway (2025)

Q5.
Environmental groups are often opposed to strategies like sea walls and groynes, arguing they disrupt natural processes and damage ecosystems.
Correct Answer: hard engineering, hard