United Kingdom Coastal Problems

One coastal issue the United Kingdom faces is coastal erosion. According to the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit defines Coastal erosion as being "the process by which local sea-level rise, strong wave action, and coastal flooding wear down or carry away rocks, soils, and/or sands along the coast." 
The United Kingdom experiences storms, floods, and severe weather which makes the country severely impacted by coastal erosion. Coastal erosion is such a problem that the Independent shares that "Sea levels could rise by up to a meter by the end of the century." 
Nowhere in the United Kingdom is safe from coastal erosion. Several homes, businesses, and communities are facing the reality of losing their homes to the oceans. "In 2013 three houses in Hemsby fell into the sea and others were badly damaged by storms" the Independent shares. 
In a Youtube video provided by ITV News, citizens and environmental agencies talk about their experiences with coastal erosion and what is needed to happen in order to protect communities from being destroyed. 
Emma Howard Boyd, from the environmental agency of the UK shares that protecting communities, helping them to adapt and recover from flooding. 
United Kingdom resident Eamon Daughterty talks about how he has adapted his home to floodwater. Daughterty states that he has changed his floors to stone floors in order to allow access water to dry out. He has also moved his electric outlets a foot off the floor to protect his household against dangerous waters. 
As for the governments efforts for processing and alerting people about coastal erosion, they often close cliffs off to the public as there are common cliff falls.
The UK Government Website, provides 4 types of coastal erosion management. The four types are "no active intervention - no current plans to build any defenses, hold the existing defense line - maintaining current defenses, managed realignment - allowing the shoreline to move to an agreed position and advance the line - new defenses planned to extend the land area out to sea" 
photo from Telegraph UK


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