Coasts: Landscapes in Transition · Physical Systems

Coastal Management Conflicts

Evaluating the different strategies used to protect coastlines and the conflicts they create between stakeholders.

Key Questions

  1. 1Is it always better to build hard engineering defences to protect the coast?
  2. 2Why might a sea wall in one town cause increased erosion in the next town along?
  3. 3How do we decide which areas of the coast are worth saving and which should be left to the sea?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS3: Geography - Coastal LandscapesKS3: Geography - Human and Physical Interaction
Year: Year 8
Subject: Geography
Unit: Coasts: Landscapes in Transition
Period: Physical Systems

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