4.4 Dististictive Landscapes Humans

Question 1

Defences … of the sea

Answer 1

Sea wall

Groynes

Beach nourishment

Slope stabilisation

Question 2

Benefits of defences … and problems

Answer 2

Groynes stops longshore drift leading to increase in tourist attraction; same for sea wall and beach replenishment and slope stabilisation

Sea walls undercut the cliff and current ( recurved shape)

Beach rep just replenishes

The hard engineering (sea wall, groynes) even soft engineering cost a lot

Question 3

December 2013 storm surge

Answer 3

Eastern England
South east England

2 died
Repairmen cost of around £100 million for a region of 500
1400 homes were flooded
Thousands forced to evacuate