What you need to know for the Holderness Case Study It is a case study of an area of cliff collapse or rapid coast retreat The reasons for coastal erosion, including both human and physical causes The effects of cliff collapse on people and the economy
The Holderness Coast Case Study Causes of Coastal Erosion (both physical and human) Location and local details (map) Effects of Coastal Erosion The Holderness Coast Case Study Key words wave strength and fetch, rock type, weathering, slumping, longshore drift, coastal defences Key ideas: effects on people buildings infrastructure, short and long term effects, financial and social effects
BBC video clips Farm is threatened by the sea at Holderness Same farm but details on geology Different farm and details on geology Effects on pig farmer That different farm and Longshore drift Also coastal defences and their knock on effects. (see next slide for more on this)
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