Hold The Line- Mappleton Holderness CS COASTs , includes hard engineering example Flashcards

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Population density

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342

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What’s at risk

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-village of Mappleton: 50 homes, 300 residents
-businesses such as Vauxhall garage, post office and petrol station
-farmland on either side of Mappleton is not protected and is seen as not valuable
-the coast os eroding up to 10cm a year and is one of the fastest eroding coastline in Europe
-the road B1242 is at risk of erosion

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What management did they use?

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Hold the line

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What strategies did they put in place to protect the coast?

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  • 2 rock groynes and rock armour
    -they were imported from Norway as they are resistant rock
    -cost 2million
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What are the strengths?

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  • coastline no longer affected by coastal erosion due to management scheme
  • rock armour protects the cliff to southern end and has been successful in restricting waves from attacking the base of cliffs
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What are the weaknesses?

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  • the coast is expensive
  • area near south is effected more by erosion, beaches there have low sediment and low tide exposing sand and boulders high have been eroded from cliffs
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What are the opportunities?

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  • as a result of the coastal scheme no properties have been lost to sea
    -the road B1242 remains safe from risk of erosion
  • construction of rock groynes has created a large, higher sandy beach for Mappleton
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What are the threats?

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  • A woman lost her farm to sea as a result of erosion
    -agricultural land at risk
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