4.5 - Slapton (Developed Coastal Defence) Flashcards

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Slapton Sands, Devon

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Major barrier shingle beach
Slapton Ley Projects
Significant storms and damage in 2001 cutting off A379 access
Beach alignment

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What Is There In Slapton?

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Shingle beaches
War memorials
A379
Lagoons

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What’s Worth Protecting

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Shingle Beach
A379
Lagoons

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How To Decide

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Economic value
Feasibility of engineering solutions
Culture and ecological value
Community/Political pressure

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4 Strategies

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No Active Intervention
Strategic Realignment
Hold The Line
Advance The Line

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No Active Intervention

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No investment, the coast is allowed to flood or retreat

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Strategic Realignment

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Allow the coastline to retereat but manage it so it’s in certain areas

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Hold The Line

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Build/maintain defences so the shoreline’s position stays the same overtime

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Advance The Line

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Build coastal defences on the seaward side of the coastal plain –> this usually leads to land reclamation

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What Makes ICZM So Difficult

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Storms destroy the ridge, meaning there is nowhere to build the ridge
Ignoring locals and prioritising businesses
Fair allocation of funds –> high transparency
Have to sacrifice other land areas like biosphere

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What Makes It Work?

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Local partnership scheme
It is phsically possible to build the defences that are required
Potentially profitable
SSSI - Nature resources, and community aligned

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SSSI

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Site Of Special Scientific Interest, provides monthly payment to help protect heritage sites in the UK.

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SSSI

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Site Of Special Scientific Interest, provides monthly payment to help protect heritage sites in the UK.

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Shoreline Management Plan (SMP)

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Divides the coastline into littoral cells and sub-cells, pulls together human & physical geography.

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