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Against the waves: Flood defences in Bangladesh Britain's losing battle with the sea Cancún beach project suspended after legal action Dutch construct dunes against rising seas English coastline under stress European Coastal Management Guide Flooding plan to battle rising seas Homes deliberately destroyed to help homeowners cope with coastal erosion Letting the sea protect the land Living on the edge London's relentless dip Managed retreat to deal with Norfolk's coastal erosion New marsh will boost wildlife Scrap tractor tyres form coastal defence Formed entirely from recyclable materials, the bankshore is helping negate the impact of the incoming tide, reducing the threat of erosion and coastal damage. And it has just been unveiled at Talland Bay, near Looe, in South East Cornwall, where the raging water is known to ravage the coastline. The bankshore works in a similar way to a traditional gabion and is created by fashioning a series of holes into a stack of redundant tractor tyres, piled on top of each other and fixed with old telephone cables for stability. Threats to British beaches UK flood and coastal erosion risk management Waves of destruction Wealthy Stake $25 Million in a War With the Sea
Against the waves: Flood defences in Bangladesh
Britain's losing battle with the sea
Cancún beach project suspended after legal action
Dutch construct dunes against rising seas
English coastline under stress
European Coastal Management Guide
Flooding plan to battle rising seas
Homes deliberately destroyed to help homeowners cope with coastal erosion
Letting the sea protect the land
Living on the edge
London's relentless dip
Managed retreat to deal with Norfolk's coastal erosion
New marsh will boost wildlife
Scrap tractor tyres form coastal defence
Threats to British beaches
UK flood and coastal erosion risk management
Waves of destruction
Wealthy Stake $25 Million in a War With the Sea