Majority of the mega cities around the world happen to be located close to the coast lines. This is because of the multiple benefits that coasts provide when it is being well managed. There are six factors that coastal management consists of, transportation, tourism, industry, resource extraction, settlements, and wildlife habitats. All six are beneficial and detrimental to the coastal city, and also to each other, therefor they all cannot coexist together. Therefor coastal cities each have different types of coastal management, depending on their geographical location and purpose.
Having a port is one of the most effective ways of using a coast. Having ports that provide transportation along the coastline, cities are able to import and export between other cultures at a very cheap price. Although transportation over water costs a lot of time, it can be very cheap to transport a mass amount of items. Therefor it is very popular to have factories and industrial settlements around ports. Resource extraction also goes well with transportation. Resource extraction can be things such as, natural gas, fishing, and oil extraction. When these are extracted along the coastline, it can be distributed and transported very effectively using the port and its transportation. Even though having a port and industrial settlements can boost the coastal cities economy, it creates a lot of waste and pollution killing the wildlife.
Tourism is also one of the most effective ways of using a coast. Coasts can be arranged for drawing in tourists through leisure and recreational spots. In most tourism spots, the number of settlements also start to increase the surrounding area. This is because the amount of jobs increase, due to the demand of the tourists and visitors. It also is amusing to be living besides a beautiful coast thats flourished with recreational and leisure spots.
Although being located on a coast can be beneficial, it can also be detrimental. When coastal cities develop their city, it is inevitable for not having pollution. Pollution can lead to erosion of sea level. Although this may not be a major threat for most cities, it can be critical for some places. Miami for example has potential of suffering from coastal erosion. In order to avoid this, they will have to conduct some sort of engineering to their coasts.
In these ways, coastal management is important to those who live close to the coast. Although it is quite impossible to have all six factors at once, it is still up to the coastal city in what way they choose to invest on the coast.
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