- climate change and sea level rise
- the natural processes of the coastal environment that both creates and destroys
- impact of anthropogenic activities such as the marine leisure industry that take place on and threaten the coastline
- ownership
- shoreline management
- shoreline protection techniques
- coastal erosion
September / October 2007
On the commencement of the new term we were given subject handbooks, in order to guide us through the year and the topics/areas we would be covering: