Geography A-Level
Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs)
What Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs) means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs)
The application of the littoral cell concept to divide the coastline into manageable units, applying policies like 'Hold the Line', 'Managed Realignment', or 'No Active Intervention'.
Topics that use Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs)
- Coastal Landscapes and Change (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Coastal Management and Human Interference
- Coastal Risk and Resilience
- Coastal Systems and Flux
- Contemporary Coastal Vulnerability
- Deformation and Discontinuity
- Discordant Coast
- Dynamic Equilibrium
- Eustatic and Isostatic Interplay
Using Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs) in the exam
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