Coastal management at Minehead
Mindmap for case study for coastal management: Minehead
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- Created on: 23-04-14 16:35
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- Coastal Management: Minehead
- About Minehead
- Has large Butlins resort--tourism
- Storm damage would be £21 million without management
- Work started in 1997
- North coast of Somerset
- Soft engineering
- Beach nourishment
- Increased height of beach by 2m
- sandy beach attracts more tourists
- Beach nourishment
- Hard engineering
- Four rock groynes
- Rock armour
- Sea wall
- 0.6m high
- landward side uses local red sandstone to make it attractive
- curved to stop people walking on it
- Results
- Minehead both protected and more attractive
- Cost
- £12.3 million total
- £8.7 million saved on storm damage
- About Minehead
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