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Socially, the impacts would be loss of life due to storm surges and thus community cohesion, for example in Hurricane Katrina the death of over 800 people in New Orleans, negatively impacted affected fami...

The Three Gorges Dam was built in China as a large-scale water management project. A benefit of the Three Gorges Dam is that it provides hydroelectricity to the surrounding area. A cost of the Three Gorge...

Longshore drift is the movement of sediment along a shoreline due to a prevailing wind. The swash of waves runs up the beach and transports sediment at the angle of the wind. The backwash transports sedim...

Brighton, a sea-side city in the South-East of the United Kingdom, has a population of over 275,000 people which is expected to grow to 300,000 by 2030. This is in addition to a student population of 34,0...

The oceanic crust is generally younger than the continental crust as it is less than 200 million years old and can also be renewed or destroyed at plate boundaries. For example, the oceanic crust which fo...