Problems of coastal Problems of coastal managementmanagement

Aim: To discover what the Aim: To discover what the drawbacks of coastal management drawbacks of coastal management are on the east coast of Englandare on the east coast of England

Location: Mappleton in Holderness Location: Mappleton in Holderness

Mappleton in HoldernessMappleton in Holderness

Click on picture for short video Click on picture for short video on the environmental impacts of on the environmental impacts of coastal management – Barton coastal management – Barton Upon Sea. 3.32Upon Sea. 3.32

View of Mappleton – fig.2.View of Mappleton – fig.2.

Old Old Coastline Coastline 18521852

Coastline Coastline 19991999

Scale of the retreatScale of the retreat

Retreat Retreat approx approx 300m300m

New slabs of New slabs of concrete to stabilise concrete to stabilise the cliffs have been the cliffs have been undermined before undermined before they have even been they have even been used. used.

MappletonMappleton

The retreat of the The retreat of the cliffs are measured cliffs are measured by hastily erected by hastily erected signs warning of the signs warning of the dangers ahead. dangers ahead.

The scene at the foot of The scene at the foot of the access road to the the access road to the beach. Match it up with beach. Match it up with fig 2 on p.73 or 79fig 2 on p.73 or 79

MappletonMappleton

Warnings signs Warnings signs telling of dangers of telling of dangers of the area. the area.

What is being done?What is being done?

Holderness CouncilHolderness Council

““We are a small council with We are a small council with aa

total budget of only £4 total budget of only £4 million. Spending millions million. Spending millions just to protect one village is just to protect one village is

very hard to justify especially very hard to justify especially as it isn’t really a tourist as it isn’t really a tourist

hotspot. Many agree that is hotspot. Many agree that is should be allowed to should be allowed to

disappear into the sea”.disappear into the sea”.

Ministry of AgricultureMinistry of Agriculture- London -- London -

““We are moving towards a policy of We are moving towards a policy of managed retreat. This means that managed retreat. This means that towns, roads and villages are safe, towns, roads and villages are safe,

but the sea would be allowed to flood but the sea would be allowed to flood back onto land that once used to be back onto land that once used to be

salt marsh. We have loaned this land salt marsh. We have loaned this land off the sea for the past 200 years and off the sea for the past 200 years and

it is now time to give it back”it is now time to give it back”

Professor University of

Hull ““Low lying farmland should be Low lying farmland should be abandoned the cliffs should be abandoned the cliffs should be

allowed to collapse back into the allowed to collapse back into the sea. This cliff material is what sea. This cliff material is what helps to build up the coastline helps to build up the coastline

further down the coast, and many further down the coast, and many big towns and cities rely on it for big towns and cities rely on it for

survival”.survival”.

Farmer living to Farmer living to the south of the south of MappletonMappleton

““My farm is at more risk than My farm is at more risk than ever because of coastal ever because of coastal

protection works in protection works in Mappleton. Cliff erosion is Mappleton. Cliff erosion is

taking place faster than ever taking place faster than ever before. Within 30 years all of before. Within 30 years all of

my farm will have disappeared my farm will have disappeared into the sea”into the sea”