Can Coasts be managed

sustainably?
Explain why salt marshes are under pressure
Explain the issues the Thames estuary faces
Assess the benefits and problems caused by
converting farmland back into salt marsh at
Abbots Hall Farm
Explain why different groups are interested in
how the Thames estuary is managed

Starter
What does sustainable mean?
meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own
needs

What does this mean for

coastal environments and
management?

Abbots Hall Farm

P 243-244 Philip Allan and p 209 Oxford
Part of the Blackwater Estuary
Sea has been allowed to breach the seawall to
convert 84 hectares of farmland back into
salt marsh
Why?
identify the benefits and problems created

Plenary
Should we give up valuable farmland to
re-establish salt marshes? What are
the other alternatives?

Homework

Examine the value of sustainable and

integrated approaches to coastal
management.
June 09 (10 marks)