Coastal Management Questions 7.1

1. Describe how the settlement pattern of Australia is related to issues in the coastal environment?
The settlement pattern of Australia is generally related to the problems on the coast such as erosion and weather patterns. As over 80% of the population lives within 50 kilometers of the coast, the population density has increased although they are also slowly trying to fix issues on the coast
2. Most people would like to reserve the coast and its features for future generations, therefore, a sustainable development that will allow the preservation of a coastal area for awhile
3. The two trends named as sea change is unemployment due to coastal problems or global warming
4. Government attempts to limit 'sea change' is to limit future population growth, as there is not enough water to supply the population as it rises
5. Coastal Erosion, Wave Erosion, Long Shore Currents and Human Erosion are four geographical issues facing the coast. Coastal Erosion is created naturally through nature as is wave erosion and long shore currents. Human erosion is caused through the building of infrastructure in areas near or in the coast as well as the gasses/fumes humans produce which have an effect on the weather causing more natural erosion
6. Geographers set the future for the saving of coastal areas with their plans and developing coastal management ideas for coastal issues. They also are relied upon for paving the way for further research on natural and human impacts on the coast

7. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.shorebirdworld.org/fromthefield/Images/coastal%2520development.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.angelfire.com/blues/writing/environmentupdate.html&usg=__-ytE9pUs-aktYSk_Xtyp4OPR-iM=&h=800&w=1200&sz=77&hl=en&start=0&sig2=-fCucOreG73nOh7HhMZALA&zoom=1&tbnid=cIl9ZpmjZzHyfM:&tbnh=133&tbnw=163&ei=sJdPTdWmH8eVcZO7hM4L&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dinappropriate%2Bcoastal%2Bdevelopment%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1408%26bih%3D702%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=651&vpy=82&dur=1159&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=134&ty=82&oei=sJdPTdWmH8eVcZO7hM4L&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0

In this photo, development could be fixed by not letting further population increases and it would slowly devour and sink most of these 'islands' which are already mostly submerged or have disappeared because of human impacts on the coast