Holderness coast - Coasts

Cards (9)

  • Management: Groynes
    Positives: traps sediment, increases length of beach, reduces energy in waves
    Negatives: visual pollution, prevents movement, expensive
  • Management: rock armour
    Positives: saves the B1242, absorbs wave energy, gas terminal protected
    Negatives: expensive, increased erosion further south
  • Location:
    East coast of England
  • Reasons - housing Bridlington, Hornsea, and Mappleton are home to 50,000
  • Reasons - tourism
    Millions of tourists visit each year bringing money to the local economy
    B1242 road connects to the towns
  • Reason - industrial activity
    Land used for farming (agriculture) and Eastington that supplies gas across the UK
  • Conflict
    Buisness owners vrs cost of protection (other towns don't get protected
  • Conflict
    Road protected vrs houses to South at risk
  • Conflict
    Gas supply for the UK vs cost of protection (other towns don't get protected)