Geography Coastal Management
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People (currently 2.6 billion living within 100km of coastline) have always lived and worked by the coast, and visiting it.
Coastal settlements built around
Docks – A stretch of coast with specially built sea walls and deep water so that ships can come in to load and unload.
Ports – A coastal town where ships and boats come and go
Harbours – A sheltered part of a coastal town where ships and boats can safely shelter, load and unload. Often a harbour wall is built out to sea to prevent big waves coming in.
Serve important economic functions and provide employment like container shipping, fishing, ferries and passenger liners
Many people who live and work by the coast are involved in tourism.
They own, run, or work in hotels, guest houses, caravan sites, self-catering cottages and bed and breakfast accommodation.
Greece
16,000km coastline, about 7000km made up by 1000 of islands of Greek archipelago
1400 islands, of which 227 are inhabited
Maritime industry vital to countrys economy
Shipping consists of 4.5% of GDP, 4% workforce
Greek-owned maritime fleet (containers, tankers) largest in the world- 18% of worlds fleet capacity
Mediterranean climate: major producer of olive oil
Tourism is important for the country too
Winter-sailing to experience island culture
E.g. Spetses- home to century-old craftmanship of making wooden boats
Thermal springs, yatching, monuments, fresh seafood, naval museum
Stakeholders
The costs of installing hard structures for coastal protection are very high
Strong negative public reaction often aggravate the problem
This has led to uncertainty among managers and local government authorities