Holderness Coast Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is an ICZM
Integrated Coastal zone management
What is an SMP
Shoreline management plan
What is the definition of an ICZM
A more holistic overview considering all of those involved and setting out to ensure SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITIVES ARE MET avoiding conflict
What is an SMP
A detailed management approach that is tailored to a specific sediment cell with the 4 options of
Hold the line
Advance the line
Managed retreat
Do nothing
Who recommends SMPS in England and Wales
DEFRA
What is DEFRA
The department for environment food and rural affairs
What is eustatic sea level change
Sea level itself rises or falls
Increase in hydrosphere spatial store (and thermal expansion)
What is isostatic sea level change
Land rises or falls relative to the sea (see saw effect)
Where is the Holderness coast
East Yorkshire, one of Europes fastest receding coastline
Why is the Holderness Coast one of the fastest receding coastlines in Europe
Significant erosive power of the North Sea
Soft boulder clay
What is the geology of the Holderness Coast
Soft boulder clay
How much of the UK’s gas is supplied and what is it called on the Holderness coast
Easington gas terminal
25% of all UK gas
How long is the Holderness coast
61km
What are the beaches like on the Holderness Coast
Narrow
Unable to stop coastal erosion
Where does the Holderness coast span from to
Spurn head to Flamborough head
What is the Holderness Coast population
312k
What proportion of the Holderness Coast population live in rural areas
50%<
What is the median rate of coastal erosion
2m / year
What is the geology of Flamborough Head
chalk so more resistant (more erosional landforms)
What is the geology south of Flamborough Head
Underlain by glacial till
Boulder clay
Often waterlogged so likely to slump
