Talk:Coastal management

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[edit] Management of Coastlines

The coastline is undergoing constant change from the effects of waves and tidal currents. The amount of physical change that results generally depends on the degree of exposure of each length of coast and the predominant geology. These change processes have usually taken place over long historical periods and many examples exist where settlements have been lost through erosion or where former coastal villages are now landlocked because of coastal build up.

Another influence on the development of the coastline has been the human intervention throughout the ages, particularly in attempts to arrest the effect of erosion or flooding at particular locations. In many cases this has taken place without any acknowledgement of the effect these works have on other locations up and down the coast.

[edit] Proposal to merge with Breakwater

I would not merge breakwater with this article. Coastal management is a much wider issue. Try global warming as another issue that is going to affect coastal management. Gregorydavid 15:51, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Sea Wall Entry

Under the sea wall heading it states that the wave energy is'absorbed' which is why maintenance is needed after only ten years. However, later on under the sea wall heading it boobies speaks of 'reflected' wave energy. It also says this in the main sea wall article. Is the wave energy reflected or absorbed?

Both my dear! Reflection depends a lot on the slope of the seawall: if vertical, there is a lot of reflection; if at a gentle slope, there is more absorption than reflection (think about what happens on a beach >> almost no reflection). Note that seawalls are supposed to be rather steep, so they induce quite a lot of reflection (typically 50 to 100% of the incoming wave energy)Artreve 15:32, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Construction replace engineering

The term engineering used as an adjective for particular construction techniques is often used in an offensive manner. Engineers are often involved in planning outcomes and deciding not to do construction. Opponents of intrusive construction solutions in sensitive environments often say they would prefer to have a well thought out and planned sustainable solution instead of just having an engineering approach. Its true that many old world engineers did tend to do works that destroyed environments - but its not fair that all engineers are tarred with an adjective that contrasts an "engineering" approach as just being constructing something with better approaches involving examining sustinability and biodiversity aspects. Modern engineers are often the driving force behind non-structural solutions - and so the term engineering to mean constructing something is no longer suitable (in my opinion). User: guest 29 December 2006 your mum

[edit] Coast defence

Coast defence redirects here. But this article has nothing on military importance or information. J. D. Redding

Yeah, I was expecting an article on the military defense of coastlines. Does such an article exist on Wikipedia? --Delirium 06:56, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree we should separate miltary "defence" and "civil engineering" coastal defence. For the military aspect, see Revetment and Seacoast Defense (US).Artreve 15:35, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] too long??

Perhaps, but it is a beautiful page! Bravo. Don't cut into pieces.Artreve 15:43, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] are beach defences all a big scam

maybee it would be better just to use soft engineering strategies. let nature do its thing.213.208.109.66 (talk) 12:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)