Holderness and Mappleton case studies

Question 1

Holderness coast

Answer 1

erodes due to bands of less resistive and more resistive parrallel to the sea.
Shoreline management plan in place to slow down erosion

Question 2

Coastal management strategies

Answer 2

Sea walls
Beach reprofiling
Revetment
Gabions
Beach nourishment
Rock armour
Managed retreat
Offshore breakwater
Groynes

Question 3

CS : Mappleton

Answer 3

North east England, Yorkshire
Why? Cliff made of boulder clay - very weak.
Large fetch, narrow beaches
Schemes Used : Grannite revetments
two rock groynes
Vegetation
Impacts :
- no further erosion
- new infrastructure to promote tourism
- erosion doubled further south
- Spurn head eroded and become a tidal island.