Cliff stabilization is a
coastal management
Coastal management is defence against flooding and erosion, and techniques that stop erosion to claim lands. Protection against rising sea levels in the 21st century is crucial, as sea level rise accelerates due to climate change. Changes in s ...
erosion
Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as Surface runoff, water flow or wind) that removes soil, Rock (geology), rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust#Crust, Earth's crust and then sediment transport, tran ...
control technique. This is most suitable for softer or less stable cliffs. Generally speaking, the cliffs are stabilised through
dewatering
Dewatering is the removal of water from a location. This may be done by wet classification, centrifugation, filtration, or similar solid-liquid separation processes, such as removal of residual liquid from a filter cake by a filter press as pa ...
(drainage of excess rainwater to reduce water-logging) or
anchoring
An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a Watercraft, vessel to the Seabed, bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to Leeway, wind or Ocean current, current. The word derives from Latin ', which ...
(the use of terracing, planting, wiring or concrete supports to hold cliffs in place).
External links
Management of Coastal Erosion- Canterbury City Council
CAN - Rope access works - Protection from natural and industrial hazards
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Coastal erosion
Geotechnical shoring structures