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Strategic Coastal‐Defence Planning: The Role of the Planning System
Author(s) -
Brooke J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2000.tb00240.x
Subject(s) - shore , environmental planning , strategic planning , plan (archaeology) , business , coastal erosion , environmental resource management , sustainable development , coastal zone , geography , environmental science , political science , oceanography , ecology , geology , archaeology , marketing , law , biology
If a shoreline management plan is to lead to sustainable coastal defences, a long‐term strategic view is necessary. This paper examines the issues which are involved in shoreline management planning and the role of the planning system in achieving sustainable coastal defence. Using case studies from the Holderness coastline, it (a) reviews the options with respect to erosion control on a rapidly eroding coast, and (b) acknowledges the need to introduce change gradually if it is to be accepted. Specifically, it assesses the potential to use planning permission controls to prevent new development in areas where maintaining a hard defence line will interrupt longshore transport, with potentially significant down‐drift effects.