'Holderness Management' Example Flashcards
What topic is the ‘Holderness Management’ example part of?
Physical Landscapes Coats
Where is the ‘Holderness Management’ example located?
East Coast of england
What is the ‘Holderness Management’ an example of?
An example of a coastal management scheme to show reason, management strategy and resulting effects and conflicts.
What are the three reasons of the Holderness Management example?
1) Housing
2) Tourism
3) Industrial activity
What are the three different types of management of the Holderness Management example?
1) Groynes at Hornsea
2) Rock armour and Groynes at Mappleton
3) Rock armour at Easington
What is the conflict for having groynes at Hornsea?
Business owners vrs Cost of protection (other towns don’t get protection).
What is the conflict for having rock armour and groynes at Hornsea?
Road protected vrs houses to South at risk.
What is the conflict for rock armour at Easington?
Gas supply for the UK vrs Cost of protection (other towns don’t get protected).
How is housing a reason of the Holderness Management example?
Bridlington, Hornsea and Mappleton are home to 50,000 people
How is tourism a reason of the Holderness Management example?
Millions of tourists visit each year bringing money to the local economy. B1242 road connects the towns.
How is industrial activity a reason for the Holderness Management example?
Land used for farming (agriculture). Easington gas terminal that supplies gas across the UK.
What are the positives and negatives for groynes at Hornsea?
+ Trap sediment from longshore drift, beach increased.
Reduces energy in waves, reduces erosion, protects houses and businesses.
~ Unnatural, cause visual pollution. Prevent sediment travelling further south so beaches are smaller which increases erosion.
What are the positives and negatives of having rock armour and groynes at Mappleton?
+ Rick groynes trap sediment from longshore drift, beach increased. Rock armour prevents cliff erosion and saves the B1242 road.
~ Costs £2 million.
Increased erosion further south.
What are the positives and negatives of Rock armour at Easington?
+ Absorbs the waves energy.
Gas terminal is protected.
~ High cost (£6.8 million).
