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
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
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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)
Protect
one place
erode
another