Bloodclart Case Studies- Physical Flashcards

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Characteristics of the Holderness Coast

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  • Rock is majority boulder clay, chalk, and unconsolidated material
  • Therefore it erodes very quickly
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Coastal management at Hornsea

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  • Groynes
  • Sea wall
  • This is largely to protect the beach as this brings in a lot of revenue in tourism in summer
  • There is a caravan park just south of Hornsea which the beach in front of it is starved of sediment and therefore over 100 homes are at high risk.
  • Hold the line
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Coastal Management at Mappleton

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  • Rock groynes: affects areas down the coast
  • Beach nourishment
  • Overall cost of this is £2 million
  • Hold the line
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Coastal Management at Withernsea

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  • Groynes
  • Rock Armour imported from Norway
  • Hold the line
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Coastal Management at Spurn Head

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  • Managed retreat as to not disrupt the environment at the nature reserve
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Coastal Management at Bridlington

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  • 4m high stone sea wall
  • Helps people walk along the sea front
  • Cost of this was £1.3 million
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What strategies have people in Kiribati used to reduce effects of sea level rise?

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  • Planting Mangroves
  • Building makeshift sea walls using sand bags
  • Placing their homes on stilts
  • Using water tanks as opposed to wells to stop their water supplies from becoming contaminated
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How much does $1 spent on reducing climate change and sea level rise save on post event reparation in Kiribati

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$15

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What infrastructure has been lost in Kiribati?

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  • Roads
  • Houses
  • Farming areas, both for crops and livestock
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What are Tuvalu’s plans for the future?

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  • A new Tuvalu
  • Migrate the whole country and population to a new area so culture isn’t lost by splitting up the people around the world
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What is one reason why the Maldives is so susceptible to fast erosion?

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  • As it is group of very geographically dispersed islands there is a very high coastline to inland ratio so it erodes at a faster rate
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What is the cost of the damages in the maldives

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£500 million

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What strategies have been deployed in the maldives

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  • Planting of mangroves and vegetating the coastline
  • Raising awareness of the problems in conferences such as cop 26
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How much of the Maldives economy relies on fishing and tourism?

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  • 40%
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