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The single most important principle in coastal management is arguably to

  • A.assign the same policy to every frontage for consistency
  • B.work with natural processes rather than against them
  • C.resist every natural process with engineered structures
  • D.avoid gathering evidence that might complicate a decision

Answer: B

Correct answer: work with natural processes rather than against them

Everything in the subject follows from it: planning by sediment cell, allowing beaches to move, choosing realignment where the line cannot be held, and preferring nourishment and habitat to hard structures where there is room. Resisting the processes is expensive, transfers the problem downdrift, and eventually fails; working with them is cheaper, more durable and adapts as the sea rises.

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