Coastal Erosion- Week 13
South Korea has been experiencing significant coastal erosions due to many factors that are caused by humans such as large scale development and port construction but the coastal erosions are mostly due to natural causes such as sea level rise, typhoons, and storm surges. Because of these causes, many beaches in South Korea are at risk and could be worsening everyday. The government of Korea have been creating strategies for coastal management. Due to the erosions many businesses that were in the area had to relocate. In other spots on the beaches, steep dunes as high as 5 meters were forming, this poses as a safety risk for people and animals and also disrupted tourism. In 1999, a coast management act had failed to protect the shorelines in comparison to countries such as the U.S. and Japan where they had tighter measures. Wolcheon beach located in Samcheok, Gangwon Province, South Korea is the main one to have suffered the most from...