Coastal Recession Case Study

Question 1

What types of rock types are in walton on the naze which are easily eroded by the sea

Answer 1

London Clay and Red Crag

Question 2

What which other type of erosion does the beach face

Answer 2

Slumping

Question 3

There is also what kind of mass movement on the beach

Answer 3

Long shore drift

Question 4

Which area of the beach has not been protected

Answer 4

The Northern end

Question 5

Why has one area not be protected

Answer 5

Environment agency decided the building were not worth saving

Question 6

Why has the Southern part of the coastline been protected

Answer 6

Because of the town of Walton that has a population of 12,000

Question 7

In what year was the project completed for the Southern part of the beach

Answer 7

1977

Question 8

What 4 things were included

Answer 8

Sea wall, break waters, groynes and a regraded cliff

Question 9

Why were they protected

Answer 9

Because the residences in that area are worth roughly £400,000 each

Question 10

What did the council do in 1998

Answer 10

They spent £167,000 for 300 tonnes of Leicester granite to make a rip rap