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Managing Coastal Change
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Human intervention has constrained the natural development of
the Sefton Coast for centuries. Allowing the coast to find a more
natural line has benefits for shoreline management. Working with
nature, as far as possible, is one of the principles of modern
engineering attitudes to shoreline management.
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| Pine plantation at Ainsdale causing
changes in the natural dynamics of the dunes. This results in the
loss of dune habitat and associated species, and limits the ability
of the coastal system to respond to environmental change. Photograph
taken in 1993. |
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The Sefton Coast is included in two Shoreline
Management Plans. These guide the preparation of local coastal
policies in line with national and regional guidance in the United
Kingdom.
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