20. Spurn Head Long history of settlement Used during WW1 as a look out post, connected to the mainland by railway This has been reduced to only a lifeboat station and the families attached to it by a single track road Also used by the Pilot boat men of the Humber Estuary On the Point there is a wildlife reserve Spit is moving westwards and may become an island. Eventually families will have to move, currently under review as to whether it should be protected or not. Removing the lifeboat station will result in their not being a station in the area
21. Problems with Defending Towns Defences projecting from coast start to create natural ‘Groynes’ and creating places for sediment depositation Beaches will reorientate themselves parallel to the waves and wide bays created It could cause them to become ‘Headlands’ where we know wave energy concentrates High cost of maintenance of defences make them unsustainable
22. Socio-Economic Problems Threat of house collapse (Stress – Negative Equity) Many settlements rely on tourism and undefended they will suffer from loss of trade Little local investment to change sustain communities Loss of jobs, houses, schools, shops and movement of people away from the area will follow
23. Exam Question: Outline three pieces of evidence that indicate the direction of longshore drift along a coastline. (7 marks) For one scheme of coastal management that you have studied: Explain why it was thought necessary to introduce a management scheme (6 marks) Explain how the scheme is designed to overcome the problem(s) outlined above (6 marks) Describe and explain one scheme of coastal management. (7 marks)