There is a strong relationship between land use and coastal defences deployed. At Minster the land use is mainly open land and this is not very valuable so there is not much coastal protection in use. At Sheerness

What defences are there?

At sheerness there is;

• Revetment (figure 7)
• Promenade (figure 7)
• Sea wall (figure 12)
• Wooden groynes (figure 12)
• Flood gates (figure 13)

At Minster there is;

• Promenade (figure 9)
• Drains (figure 9)
• Used Groynes (figure 11)

At Leysdown there is;

• Revetment (figure 8)
• Sea wall (figure 8)
• Promenade (figure 8)
• Groynes (figure 10)

At each site the land use varied, as follows;

Sheerness- The land use was mainly commercial

Minster- The land use was mainly open land

Leysdown- The land use was mainly residential

There is a strong relationship between land use and coastal defences deployed. At Minster the land use is mainly open land and this is not very valuable so there is not much coastal protection in use. At Sheerness the land value was commercial, this is very valuable and the coastal protection shows this as it is very well protected. At Leysdown the land use is mainly residential, this type of land use is very valuable and that is why the coast at Leysdown is so well protected. There is a clear relationship between the land value and the coastal defences so my hypothesis is correct “The higher the land value the, the more coastal protection is used”