These are all strategies to reduce the impact of coastal erosion:
Beach Nourishment:
The addition of sand and shingle to an existing beach to make it higher or wider.
£500,000 per 100 metres Advantages:
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Dune Regeneration:
Sand suns are effective buffers to the sea but are easily damaged and destroyed by trampling. Marram grass can be planted to stabilise dunes and help them grow. £200-£2000 per 100 metres Advantages:
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Dune Fencing:
Fences are constructed on a sandy beach along the seaward face of existing dunes to encourage new dune formation. £400-£2000 per 100 metres Advantages:
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