pevensey bay 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyCase studiesASAQA Created by: chapasCreated on: 14-05-17 11:13 where is pevensey bay? east sussex 1 of 12 what is it an example of? hold the line with soft engineering 2 of 12 what is its beach like? steeply sloping shingle beach with low angle sandy beach exposed at low tide 3 of 12 what is the aim? to protect 9km form eastborne to bexhill, protects 15,000 properties, holiday caravans, coast road, railway line, wetland SSSI, Farmland 4 of 12 how was it funded? private-public partnership of both local and nationla organisations, 25 year contract, £30 million 5 of 12 why was it needed? it had 150 wooden groynes in poor condition, decline in longshore drift meant the beach was no long self sufstaining 6 of 12 what has been done? beach reprofiling, beach replenishment, beach monitoring, key groynes, wooden retaining wall, use of new materials 7 of 12 beach reprofiling bulldozers used to re-profile beach after storm or each summer ready for winter storms 8 of 12 beach replenishment shingle is dredged from offshore and added to ares of the beach 9 of 12 beach monitoring gps and computer create 3D models of the beach 10 of 12 use of new materials compressed tires and steel plates burried under sand - if successful could provide new way of using problematic waste 11 of 12 advantages of using a PPP using initail budgets= savings for taxpayers, local businesses and residents get a say 12 of 12
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