According to the American Psychological Association, chronic stress is linked to the six leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver and suicide. And more than 75 percent of all physician office visits are for stress-related ailments and complaints.
In most cases, seawall design includes a curved embankment facing the water, so the energy from the waves of the ocean are directed back out to sea. Building a seawall is an expensive undertaking, with cost estimates ranging from around four-thousand to seven-thousand dollars per meter.
The Advantages of Seawalls Seawalls are vertical or almost vertical structures that parallel the ocean shoreline. These walls are usually massive concrete structures meant to help prevent storm surge flooding as well as upland erosion of residential areas near the shoreline.