2.11C Sustainable management

• Sustainable coastal management:

  • Managing natural resources to ensure long-term productivity
  • Managing flood and erosion risk where possible, or relocating to safe areas 
  • Creating alternative livelihoods before existing ones are lost to the sea
• sustainable coastal management may lead to conflict because:

  • coastal natural resources may have to be used to less in order to protect them - so some people lose income
  • relocation may be needed where engineering solutions are too costly or not technically feasible