Issues and strategies in relation to geological and geomorphological conservation and defence of the coast • Conserving our coastal heritage - a conflict resolved? • Cliff conservation and protection: methods and practices to resolve conflicts • Geotechnical problems with the maintenance of geological exposures in clay cliffs subjected to erosion rates • Problems associated with the prediction of cliff recession rates for coastal defence and conservation • Impacts of coal mining on coastal stability in Fife • Practical experience in reconciling conservation and coastal defence strategies on the Isle of Wight • The importance of different timescale controls on coastal management strategy: the problem of Porlock gravel barrier, North Devon, UK • The mobility of coastal landforms under climatic changes: issues for geomorphological and archaeological conservation • Spatial perspectives in coastal defences and conservation strategies • Coastal erosion, coastal defences and the Earth heritage in Scotland • Resource, evaluation and net benefit • Beach replenishment: implications for sources and longevity from results of the Bournemouth schemes • Selling coastal geology to visitors • England’s earth heritage resource - an asset for everyone • Geomorphology and management of sites in Poole and Christchurch Bays • The importance of coastal sites in Palaeogene conservation, exemplified by the succession in Christchurch Bay