What Is Cliff Regrading?

When the cliff is regraded, part of the cliff has to be taken away in order for the angle of the cliff to be reduced. This is in effect causing it to retreat so does result in the loss of some of the cliff. Cliff Regrading.

What does cliff drainage do?

Cliff Drainage: steel barriers and drains put into a cliff to intercept the water movement through the cliff which causes mass movement.

Is cliff drainage hard engineering?

Cliff stabilisation is a form of soft engineering - these methods are usually a more sustainable and sometimes cheaper approach to coastal defences, using natural processes to protect the shoreline against flooding and erosion. ... Another method can be to drain any excess water from the cliff.