Coastal Case Studies
- Created by: amtani20
- Created on: 05-04-18 16:53
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- Coasts
- Swanage, Dorset has hard Chalk & Limestone and soft Clay
- Form swanage bay and Ballard point with Old Harry stacks, cliffs and arches
- Medmerry Managed retreat near Chichester
- Cheaper alternative to building an new flood wall to protect against rising sea levels
- £28 mn scheme = large natural salt marsh and wildlife habitat + protection
- Lyme Regis
- Jurassic Coast heritage Site rapidly eroded by powerful SW waves
- Environmental Improvement scheme by West Dorset County Council from 1990s-2015
- 2005-2007 Sea wall + new sand and single beach + rock armour at The Cobb
- Phase 3 not undertaken The cobb left and Phase 4 2013-2015 new sea wall in front of old and more cliff stabilisation
- 1990s = Sea wall + promenade E of river Lim and £1.4 M to stabilise cliffs = nails + drainage
- ++ Inceased Visitors to beach, Protect against Storms, Protect habour for fishermen
- -- Conflict with locals more traffic and litter, Defences affect neighbouring coastline, No landslide=No fossils revealed
- Swanage, Dorset has hard Chalk & Limestone and soft Clay
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