Glossary

 A systems engineering method for representing the logical combinations of various system states and possible causes which can contribute to a specified event (called the top event).

 Responses to consultation and requests for opinions of stakeholders.

 An artificially widened beach serving to nourish downdrift beaches by natural littoral currents or forces.

 An artificially widened beach serving to nourish downdrift beaches by natural littoral currents or forces.

 A boat or ship built to carry people and often vehicles on short sea or river journeys. For example, you can catch ferries to France, Ireland or the Isle of Skye. Ferry routes are often marked on atlas maps. Look at an atlas map of Britain and see if you can see any ferry routes.

 Financial Capital is a category of livelihood assets. Within the SL framework, it is defined as the financial resources that people use to achieve their livelihood objectives.

 Angled section of wall at the end of a shore protection structure, for example a seawall or revetment.

  The area of shore lands that is subject to frequent storm flooding and is often defined by the statistical probability of flooding; e.g., 1% (“100-year flood”) or 5% (“20-year flood”).

 One of the most common flood proofing measures is the elevation of homes

Groups of local government electors chosen either at random or in order to produce balanced samples. They meet facilitators or interviewers, usually in groups, and act as sounding boards, regarding the delivery of issues

 The seaward side of a reef (usually coral); in places a steep slope covered with reef talus.

 The seaward side of a reef (usually coral); in places a steep slope covered with reef talus.

The front dune immediately behind the back shore.

The intertidal part of a beach or the part of the shorefront lying between the beach head (for upper limit of wave wash at high tide) and the ordinary low water mark that is ordinarily traversed by the uprush and backrush of the waves as the tides rise and fall.

 A coral reef attached directly to an insular or continental shore. There may be a shallow channel or lagoon between the reef and the adjacent mainland