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Summary Coasts Case Studies
- Module
- Unit 1 - Dynamic Landscapes
- Institution
- PEARSON (PEARSON)
The document provides all case studies for the Coasts sections of Unit 1 in the Pearson Edexcel Specification, A-Level course
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20cm sea rise could lead to 1.4 billion dollars of lossAustralia
as sea levels continue to rise more than half of Australia's
coastline has become vulnerable to coastal flooding
sea level rise is threatening the Great Barrier Reef - reef
cannot survive more than 50m underwater
tourism will be hugely affected if the beaches were erdoed
2% GDP is spent each year to repair coastal flooding
infrastrucuture
Phillipines
isostatic sinking has occurred and sea level rise
rapid urbanisation and industrialisation has meant industries
and residential areas are located in places with a high risk of
flooding
became more vulnerable as old engineering projects became
fragile and damaged
Lyme Regis coastal m
more successful if hard engineering strategies were used
alongside
can be extremely expensive
a larger beach will absorb more wave energy protecting the back
shore from erosion
beach nourishment has been used to
helps local business as it increases the number of tourists to the
reduce the threat of coastal erosion
area
can create new habitat
takes sendiment away from another area
rotational landslides occur when boulder clay becomes
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