The coastline, profound to poets, entrancing and imagination-provoking to children, and languid for lovers, has now become a major headache for oceanographers and water conservancy engineers.
過去，海岸是文人發思古幽情、孩童想望更廣闊天地、情侶們漫步的地方；如今，被海堤佔據的台灣沿岸，已成為海洋與水利工程學者心中的痛。