Scenario
You are living in a small coastal village which is at risk of flooding and coastal erosion.
Most of the village is built on a shingle bank.
What are your possible options?
Do nothing. Leave nature take its course.
Maintain existing sea defences (wooden groynes, sand dunes, sea wall and wooden breakwates).
Replace existing sea defences (wooden groynes, sand dunes, sea wall and wooden breakwaters) using the same materials.
Replace some of the existing sea defences (groynes and breakwaters) using different materials, e.g. rock groynes and breakwaters).
Build a new and larger concrete sea defence wall in the same location in the village and add beach nourishment - place sand and shingle on beach (e.g. 25,000 tones of shingle and 15,000 tones of sand) to increase width. This will protect the beach and the village from the waves. Why? Waves will break further offshore and they will have less energy to erode the beach.
Build a new multi-purpose reef near the cliffs. This will create a wider inshore beach. This will also act to focus and shape waves. This will also improve surfing conditions. The surfer will have a larger controlled ride.
