EQ 4 COASTAL MANGAGEMENT

Question 1

EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE ;

What is happening in the East Riding of Yorkshire ?

Answer 1

The coast of much of the ERY is rapidly eroding and properties are at risk - no national scheme is in place in the UK to compensate property owners who lose their property to erosion but there’s some limited help

Question 2

HOLDERNESS COAST - Who helped the 43 home owners at risk of erosion- between 2010 and 2012?

Answer 2

Department for environment food and rural affairs provided East riding council with a £1.2 mln as of one of the 15 UK ‘coastal change Pathfinder’ projects

Question 3

How does the East Riding council offer help for owners at dusk of property loss from erosion?

Answer 3

• covering cost of property demolition and site restoration
• offering you to £1000 in relocation expenses such as removal vans and storage
• offering up to £200 in hardship expenses

Question 4

Future of East Riding coast in Yorkshire?

Answer 4

East Riding council is expecting up to 100 homes to be lost to sea in the next few decades - not a large number, but a huge upheaval for these residents with very little in the way of compensation.

Question 5

Define sustainable coastal management

Answer 5

Managing the wider coastal zone in terms of people and their economic livelihoods , social and cultural wellbeing , and safety from coastal hazards as well as minimizing environmental and ecological impacts

Question 6

MALDIVES SUSTAINABLE COASTAL MANAGEMENT;

Rising sea levels have impacted the population how?

Answer 6

97% of inhabited islands are experiencing coastal erosion

Question 7

MALDIVES SUSTAINABLE COASTAL MANAGEMENT;

What are the responses by the Maldivian authorities ?

Answer 7

• money spent on protecting capital city Malé and creating new artificial islands mean that isolated islands are ignored
• sustainable management of traditional income sources such as fishing and resources such as mangroves are overlooked in favour of protecting - urban and tourism development from coastal threats

Question 8

MALDIVES SUSTAINABLE COASTAL MANAGEMENT;

What are the conflicts that occur as a result of the inequality in protection for different groups in the Maldives ?

Answer 8

Puts the needs of some groups over the others- often using a cost-benefit analysis that is in favour of the economy rather than the original inhabitants

Question 9

MALDIVES SUSTAINABLE COASTAL MANAGEMENT;

What actions are being taken to help isolated and vulnerable communities ?

Answer 9

Organisation ‘Mangroves for the Future’ (MFF) - working with the communities to educate them on importance of maintaining coastal mangrove swamps as a natural defense

Question 10

Give an example of a holistic coastal management strategy?

Answer 10

ICZM - integrated coastal zone management- ;Long term coastal management strategy that creates defence plans while considering a wide range of stakeholders in coastal areas.

Question 11

How is ICZM used for managing coasts physically ?

Answer 11

Sections coastlines into sediment cells allowing for management as an integrated unit

Question 12

Give an example of where cost benefit analysis technique has been used to make policy decisions?

Answer 12

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Question 13

holderness coast - what farm was lost within 8 yrs?

Answer 13

Grange Farm was lost within 8 years