building fixed structures to reduce coastal erosion

working with nature to reduce coastal erosion

the possibility that something bad or unpleasant, such as an injury, might happen

a person who has an interest in a given resource

Coastal management

Geography

The UK's coastline

Waves and tides

Processes shaping the coastline

Erosional coastal landforms

Depositional coastal landforms

Threats to the UK's coastline

GIS: Visualising and Analysing coastal erosion

Protecting the UK's coastline

Tuvalu: An island nation

The impacts of climate change on Tuvalu

The future of global coasts

This unit teaches pupils how physical and human processes shape our coastline. Pupils will also learn about the threats and challenges coastlines face in a warming world.

Coasts: what shapes life at the coast?

Which of these is a type of coastal management?

Which of these is an example of hard engineering?

{{}} are groups of people who could be affected by a coastal management plan or other project.

Which of these stakeholders would be most concerned with the financial cost of a coastal management plan?

The boundary between the land and the sea

The coastline of the UK is shaped by the processes of...

What is a risk that people face at the coastline?

Because there are no other places to live

Because of employment opportunities such as fishing and tourism

Because people like the way of life at the coast

Because there are fewer people in coastal areas

Why do people live near the coast despite the risk of erosion and flooding?

Starter Quiz

What is a coastline?