intentional change

Question 1

intentional change case example

Answer 1

SANDBANKS DORSET

Question 2

what are the reasons for management

Answer 2

• high value commercial properties (sandbanks hotel)
• residential properties risk of £18 million damage in the next 20 years if its not protected
  -Major tourist attraction
  sea levels are predicted to rise 0.6m in 100 years

Question 3

what management did they use

Answer 3

rock groynes
beach nourishment (rainbowing)
sediment dumping offshore

Question 4

impacts it had on landforms

Answer 4

-wide deep beach maintained
-natural harbour is maintained

Question 5

impact on flows and stores of material and energy

Answer 5

• 3.5 million m squared of sand added to the beach
  -longshore drift is limited and deposition in harbour mouth

Question 6

consequences for the landscape

Answer 6

potential sediment starving to the east of Hengistbury Head