Coastal retreat (human)

Question 1

Who are the key players on the Holderness Coast?

Answer 1

Central government agencies
Local government
Stakeholders in the local economy
Environmental stakeholders

Question 2

What role does central government agencies play?

Answer 2

The Environment Agency is responsible for coastal management (along with local authorities). Its budget from central government has been cut since 2010.

Question 3

What role does local government play?

Answer 3

Local authorities are jointly responsible for coastal management with the Environmental Agency.
However, in 2010, the local government funding was cut by central government, which restricted local councils to minimal increases in council tax.

Question 4

Who are the stakeholders in the local economy?

Answer 4

The tourist industry
Farmers
Local residents
Insurance companies

Question 5

What does the tourist industry want (including campsites)?

Answer 5

Greater spending on coastal protection

Question 6

What do farmers want?

Answer 6

Want money to protect their farmland, which is of lower value than urban spaces.

Question 7

What do residents at, for example, Hornsea and Mappleton want?

Answer 7

Guaranteed coastal protection for their homes and businesses

Question 8

What do insurance companies want?

Answer 8

Increasignly refuse to insure vulnerable properties.

Question 9

What do environmental stakeholders want?

Answer 9

English Nature and the RSPB want to protect Spurn Head (one of the UK’s largest coastal spits), so a continuing flow of sand southwards by longshore drift is essential. One of the most-important assets of this spit is the protection that it gives to the mudflats of the Humber Estuary.