Unit 2 - Coasts Case Studies

Question 0

What percentage of people in Australia live on the coast?

Answer 0

60%

Question 1

What percentage of Australia is urban?

Answer 1

90%

Question 2

Why are there more people living on the coast in Australia?

Answer 2

It is cost effective, people are leaving their dying farms for the coast

Question 3

What is the percentage increase of people living on the coast in Spain?

Answer 3

1.2%

Question 4

Why are people in Spain choosing to live on the coast?

Answer 4

Cheaper housing, equable climate

Question 5

What is the property worth along the coast in Florida?

Answer 5

$1.9 trillion

Question 6

What is the Costa Dorada’s capacity for tourist in comparison with the number it receives?

Answer 6

500,000 : 3.5 million

Question 7

What about Weymouth makes it attractive for living?

Answer 7

Sheltered
300+ ships in centre
Trains to London every half hour

Question 8

What was the main strategy in Poole harbour for coping with pressure?

Answer 8

Zoning

Question 9

What were the three zones in Poole Harbour (A, B and C)

Answer 9

A= Developed  residential area
B= The main body of water
C= protected site for birds and wildlife

Question 10

What area of the Poole harbour is protected marsh land

Answer 10

300 hectares

Question 11

How many waterfowl are protected in the Ramsar site

Answer 11

20,000

Question 12

What are the two strategies of the public recreational water zone?

Answer 12

£50 per 2 weeks jet ski fine

6 knot speed limit

Question 13

How much will the Proposed Severn Barrage plan cost? And how long to build?

Answer 13

£30 billion, 12 years

Question 14

Who is a stakeholder in the Severn barrage project who is for the plan?

Answer 14

Peter Hain, Former Welsh Secretary

Question 15

What are 2 positives that Peter Hain comments on about the barrage project?

Answer 15

20,000 jobs, and 30,000 in supply

7% of Britain’s energy generated

Question 16

Who is against the barrage project?

Answer 16

Martin Salter, Angling trust

Question 17

What does Martin Salter propose as the faults in the project?

Answer 17

‘24/7 fish mincers’

30 species of birds will be affected

Question 18

What are the positives of the Dibden Bay container project in the Southampton Solent?

Answer 18

Flat land
Deep water (ria)
Agglomeration of industry

Question 19

What are the negatives of the Dibden bay container port project in the Southampton Solent?

Answer 19

Sewage disposal
Leisure usage affected
Industrial development

Question 20

Who are the positive stakeholders in the Dibden Bay container port project?

Answer 20

General workers union (jobs)
Southampton council (knock on effects)

Question 21

Which stakeholders are against the Dibden bay container port project?

Answer 21

RSPB (habitats lost)

Locals (bad for quality of life)

Question 22

How many homes and hospitals are at risk from flooding along the London Thames area?

Answer 22

500,000 homes and 16 hospitals

Question 23

Why is the Gateway Project in a suitable area of London?

Answer 23

10% unemployed in the area
Low grade farmland
Patch defences

Question 24

What are the increasing coastal risks for Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) such as Bangladesh?

Answer 24

159 cyclones sice 1877

Cyclone risk spans the whole coastline

Question 25

Which towns along the coast of Holderness are being defended?

Answer 25

Bridlington
Withernsea
Hornsea
And Mappleton at power station

Question 26

Which towns/areas along the Holderness Coast are not being defended?

Answer 26

Kilnsea and Spurn head

Question 27

How has erosion effected Kilnsea and how is it being managed?

Answer 27

Lost 300 metres of land over 150 years

Soft engineering:
Draining Ditches for the estuary and the sea

Question 28

Who are the Stakeholder along the Holderness Coast?

Answer 28

NFU
English Heritage
Environment agency

Question 29

How is the Sefton Coast being managed in Liverpool?

Answer 29

Spatial zoning

Question 30

What are the Zones within the Sefton coast?

Answer 30

In high intensity areas there are (National NR):
Marked paths
No dogs

Low intensity areas (Local NR):
Nothing