holderness coast upload

• Positives/effective of the holderness coast mangement stratergies

  • Bridlington Beach is wider protecting the area from erosion
  • Beaches at Withernsea now have a steeper profile reducing wave energy and erosion
  • Many buildings and businesses protected from erosion making people feel safer
• Negatives/ ineffectiveof the holderness coast mangement stratergies

  • Groynes at Bridlington have led to increased erosion along the coast at Skipsea
  • Skipsea Sands caravan park losing 10 caravan pitches each year
  • Where sea defences end, rates of erosion have increased, particularly where there is agricultural land
• conflicts of the Holderness coast management stratergies

  • ppl at Bridlington will be happy bc there buildings + businesses protected, they can rely on an income from the tourism
  • ppl at skip sea are unhappy bc they get less sediment + more at risk to erosion
  • ppl at caravan parks are unhappy bc they get less protection at the coast
• reasons for the management needed at Holderness Coast

  • The coast is made up of boulder clay, soft rock, ↑erosion
  • waves have a large fetch, ↑ powerful, ↑ erosion
  • heavy rainfall causes the ground to become saturated + then have regular slumping