Soft engineering

• Soft engineering -Managing erosion by working with natural processes to help restore beaches and coastal ecosystems.
• Beach nourishment 

  This is when sand is added to an existing beach to make it higher and wider.
• Coastal realignment/managed retreat

  • the gradual change in a coastline, as land disappears into or is deposited from the sea
  • Can involve removing an existing defence 
  • Allowing the sea to gradually flood land or erode cliffs
  • People and activities are moved inland or away from the area at risk 
• Beach Reprofiling

  Beach reprofiling is where you change the profile (Shape) of the beach to better protect the coastline behind
• Dune regeneration  

  Planting marram grass to stabilize sand dunes and help them develop