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)
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