Coastal Hazards in Greece
Aside from floods and tsunamis, Greece also encounters another coastal hazard known as erosion. Erosion is in definition, the wearing away of land and the removal of beach or dune sediments. This hazard happens very frequently in several coasts around its countries islands. Greece's coastline stretches over 15,000 kms in which four coastal types are found. Hard rock coasts, soft rock coasts, beach zones, and mud coasts. One of the largest vulnerabilities is happening in the Greek Hellenic Arc, which right now, 28.6% of it has eroded. Furthermore, in a case where the seal level rises up to 1.8 mm/year due to climate change, the result would be immensely hazardous. Almost half of the Aegean coast would be incredibly vulnerable to erosion. In order to try and mitigate this problem, Greek engineers have created solutions. They have built seawalls, breakwaters, revetments, and flood embankments in order to protect the coasts from further erosion. As of right now, over 15% of its coasts