Management strategies

• Hard engineering
• Soft engineering
• Gabions

  Wire cages filled with rocks which absorb wave energy protecting the coast from erosion
• Sea wall

  A sea wall is a concrete wall with a curved design which then reflects wave energy back to the sea
• Groynes

  Wooden or rock structures built at right angles to the sea. They trap beach material building up the beach which naturally absorbs wave energy
• Rock armour/ rip rap

  Large rock boulders placed at the foot of a cliff which absorb wave energy
• Beach nourishment

  You add more sand / shingle to the beach to build it up which absorbs wave energy creating a natural defense