Value

Question 1

Economic value of Brighton

Answer 1

• seaside resort = high economic + social value = the tourism it attracts is fundamental to the local + UK economy
• SMP predicted 80 commercial properties + 900 residential properties would be lost to coastal erosion if no money were spent on hard engineering defences

Question 2

Environmental value of Beachy head

Answer 2

• protected by law as a SSSI

Question 3

Value of Cuckmere

Answer 3

• rural area with few properties + infrastructure = repairing of the hard defences which are deteriorating due to rising sea levels + flood risk not worth the high estimated cost (1.2 million)
• social value of = lots of opposition from residents + businesses due to the Cuckmere Restoration Project
• overall less economic + environmental value in comparison to Brighton + Beachy head - therefore allowing the sediment cell to erode Cuckmere is necessary to protect other sections