Geography - Minehead conclusion
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- Created on: 12-06-18 21:47
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- Conclusions and evaluations of Minehead study
- I found that there was a good cost/benefit ratio with £1 spent fo defences protecting £11 of propery
- This is above the 1:8 minimum cost to benefit level expected
- The majority of people (2/3) approved of the defences, feeling they reduced coastal flooding here
- Some, around 1/3 felt more defences were needed
- Our bipolar evaluation thought the fences were mostly attractive and fitted into the local landscaped as a positive feature.
- Overall, the coastal management here sees effective and appropriate
- I am very confident with my cost/data fir the defences as I measured them and knew their cost per metre
- I am less confident with my data calculating the value of properties benefitting from defences as I had to approximate values
- I think I underestimated the benefits due to the problems with recording the property values
- I am only partially confident with the questionnaire,as the samples were not fully representatigeof a;; key groups
- To extend the study I would gather data on flood damage before and after the defences
- I could also gather data on the change in tourist numbers
- I found that there was a good cost/benefit ratio with £1 spent fo defences protecting £11 of propery
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