Analyzing Coastal Management Strategies

Analyzing Coastal Management Strategies Coastal Management strategies need to consider not only physical

processes but also factors associated with human geography.

Analyse why this is the case.

Coastal management is a means of controlling development and change in

the coastal zone and undertaking work according to agreed principles

and criteria. By taking into account physical and human geography

factors and people who come from the local areas views will help to

ensure that there is good coastal management strategy. There are

usually three stages in a management strategy, understanding the

reason for the problem, undertaking work to resolve the problem or

reduce the effects of the problem and to improve prediction and make a

contingency plan.

Physical processes are things that occur on the earth's surface,

coastal processes are things that occur around the coastline examples

of this would be erosion, deposition; sub aerial processes and long

shore drift.

Human geography is related to people and the way people interact with

their surroundings. Examples of this would be the movement of people,

the management of areas where people live.

Coastal management schemes are very important because a large amount

of the worlds population live and work on the coast, coastlines can be

a very important way for an area to boost their economy; usually

through tourism.

There are two types of coastal management one is soft engineering

which is ways of managing the coast with out using structural

techniques. This is things' such as b...

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holds the dunes place as they have a good rooting system, fencing of

areas to stop people using them and establishing footpaths. This has

been done by laying duck boards to slow down erosion problem produced

by users of the dunes. Increasing the number of car parks and the

improvement of existing car parks. Rotating the use of the car parks.

The contingency plan is to educate people about the possible effects

of inappropriate use of the dunes. This is being done through guided

walks, sign posting of areas and information leaflets for the public.

This has not caused conflict between local people but has cost them

money. It is helping to preserve the area and is a suitable management

strategy in respect of physical and human means. This is the balance

that all management strategies for the coast should achieve.