But tidal land after all isn't like ordinary land. Although it escapes environmental protests and other social complications, there are a lot of "natural complications" that can arise by developing tidal lands: soft and muddy soil, erosion from the waves, climatic changes, and flooding. The difficulty of overcoming these challenges is no less than the other challenges on terra firma.
但海埔地畢竟不是陸地，雖然可能逃掉環保抗爭等社會壓力，但在土質泥濘、鬆軟，海浪出沒，天候改變就可能淹水倒灌的海埔地上開發，卻有許多「自然的壓力」，要克服的難題，不比在陸地開發少。