ISMP - integrated shoreline management plan, Sediment cell - 11 shoreline management plans within self contained littoral areas., Coastal Groups - established based on the littoral cell boundaries for co-operation between authorities ., Do Nothing - Carry out no coastal defence activity except for safety measures, Hold the Line - By intervention, maintain the existing defence where it is, Advance the Line - By intervention, to move the existing defence seaward, Retreat the Line  - AKA Managed Retreat- By intervention, to move the existing defence landward, Timescale - Plans short term to 2025, medium term to 2055, and Long term to 2105., Managed Realignment - AKA retreat the line, No Active Intervention - AKA do nothing, Downdrift effects - Where beach is starved of sediment and may suffer rapid erosion E.g. Hengistbury Head Long Groyne, LSD - Long shore drift, Flood risk - Maps showing frequency of major events e.g. 1 in 100 years , Economic costs - Cost of management and cost of lost properties and livelihoods, Environmental costs - Loss of biodiversity and important ecological sites, ICZM - Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Holistic approach - ICZM is not just the erosion and flooding along a narrow strip of coast, but includes inland ecosystems, resources and human activity.,

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