CASE STUDY QUICKFIRE 3.0

Question 1

Mappleton

Answer 1

• Holderness coast
• 2 m lost per year
• £2 million sea defences inc groynes, rock armour in 1992 to defend boulder clay
• B1242 lost

Question 2

Holderness coast

Answer 2

• 2 meters and 2 million tonnes lost per year

Question 3

managed retreat in medmerry

Answer 3

• 7 km of new sea-wall inland
• £28 million spent

Question 4

Managed retreat in Fairbourne Wales

Answer 4

• In the last 26 years 850 residents forced to flee their homes

Question 5

Maldives vunerable to sea level rise

Answer 5

• land only 1.8 m above sea level
• 87% dependent on rain water
• 2004 tsunami
• 90% dependent on tourism
• $60 million sea wall grâce a Japon
• gone by 2100

Question 6

Netherlands HIC vulnerable to erosion/ sea level rise

Answer 6

• 1000 km coastline
• 75% dunes
• 1 m sea level rise would cost $12 million to defend
• defences until 2050

Question 7

LIC Bangladesh vunerable to erosion

Answer 7

• could loose 20% land displacing 40 million people
• 65% of people are substance farmers

Question 8

LIC ADAPTING TO SEA LEVEL RISE

Answer 8

TUVALU
• 42% of Tuvalu relies on fishing for l’argent
• 1500 trees planted to try stabilise it
• highest level 4.6 m above sea level but on average ~3

Question 9

HIC ADAPTING TO SEA LEVEL RISE

Answer 9

• VENICE ITALY
• founded 5AD= NO FPZ
• N Italy homes around 35% of inhabitants
• 6 billion to maintain, 2 billion over expected BUT worth it as 2019 alone tourism generated 1.5 billion euros
• could be gone by 2100