Coastal Zone Management: Coastal Zone Management

What natural processes shape the coastal environment?
What natural processes put the coastal environment at risk?
What anthropogenic processes put the coastal environment at risk?
What activities take place in the coastal environment?
Who owns what in the coastal zone?
How will climate change affect the coastal environment?
How is a shoreline management plan best developed?
What engineering techniques can be applies to coastal protection?
What is the impact of the marine leisure industry?
What are the sociological effects of coastal erosion and over-exploitation?
How effective a tool is GIS mapping?
What has been the effect of historical catastrophes - e.g. the Boxing Day tsunami?

These are some of the questions we will be addressing as part of our CZM course.

Coastal Zone Management