coast casestudies

the north sea storm surge 1953

the resons for the build up of watre was 

• a deep atlantic depression
• rapid pressure drop
• anticyclone to the west
• a large fetch
• spring high tides

sea defences were breached. low lying ground was flooded. over 250 people drowned and 1800 people died.

the collapse of holbeck hall scarborough 1993

• the hall was built on a cliff.
• the cliff was made manly from clay.
• it was not in danger because was 70m from the edge.
• in the summer of 1993 they had a very wet summer.
• on 3 june cracks started to apper.
• on june 4, the hotal started to slip down the cliff.
• over the next 3 days it collaped.
• the hotal owners sued the local authority for not looking after the cliff.

barton-on-sea hampshire

• the cliffs are made up of soft clay and water-bearing sand.
• the cliffs are erouded 1m a year
• the cliffs are vulnerable to land slides
• the area is highly populated, so coastal defencese need to be put up
• lots of denfences have been put in like,rock armour and cliff reventments.
• the cliffs have had land slides in- 2001,2003,2007
• some of the buildings are as close 3m to the edge.

the isle of wight

• the isle of wight has 4 things it can do- hold the line,do nothing, retreat the line, or advance the line
• they ahve put in diffrent things in difrent places
• at monk's bay there is rock groynes, breakwater and rock reventments
• wheeler's bay has a sea wall and rock reventments
• westen cliff has rock revetments and rock groynes
• castle cove has land dranage and rock revetment
• at castle haven there is rock revetments
• east of fresh water have been trying to stabilises the cliff top
• seagrove bay has got a sea wall, rock revetment and rock groynes

the sefton coast, northwest england

• the sefton coast is near liverpool
• the dune erousion is at 5m a year.
• the coast is home to omne of england last red squarral colonies.
• the dunes have bee distroyed by glass conpaniese and the use of off road vechicles
• the schemes they have come up with are
  • monitoring visitor access
  • banning off road vechicles
  • controlling the amount of sand taken.
  • maintaning the vegication.
  • recreating the natral dunes