CS- Coastal Management Flashcards
1
Q
Where?
A
Holderness coastline
2
Q
Hornsea
A
Holiday resort, protecting tourism
Groynes repaired and new ones built costing £5.2 million
3
Q
Mappleton
A
2 rocks groynes built in 1991 costing £2 million to protect the coastal road and village
4
Q
Withernsea
A
A holiday resort with groynes, a sea wall, riprap protects a wave return wall- £6.3 million
Built in ana attempt to halt the falling house prices
5
Q
Easington
A
Revetments built which protects natural gas terminal but fails to protect village.
Easington handles 25% of North Sea production and is qualified as a site of national interest
