Dear gorbachev-ga,
The Holderness Coast of Humberside in North East England has one of
the highest rates of coastal erosion in Europe: 1.8m a year. Farmland,
roads, villages and houses have disappeared into the sea because of
the erosion. The report detailed below states that over 30 villages
and 3.5 miles of coastline have disappeared since Roman Times. There
is obviously an economic cost with the loss of the land and buildings,
as well as an economic cost in the building of sea defences to prevent
further erosion and potential flooding of low lying areas.
The below links will provide you detailed information on the effects
of erosion on the physical and human environment of the Holderness
Coast.
University of Hull - Department of Geography.
Explore the site and you will read how the of towns Kilnsea,
Withernsea and Hornsea have bee affected by erosion. Click on the maps
and they will show you a one kilometre strip of the coast with the
Victorian Ordnance survey map overlayed so that one can see the amount
of farmland and houses which have tumbled into the see in the last 100
years. There is also deatiled information on the environmental process
involved in the erosion.
http://www.herb.hull.ac.uk/erosion/index.htm
You will also find this report is a good source of information
?Humber Estuary & Coast - Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies (IECS), 1994.
This report by IECS produced in 1994 for Humberside County Council
provides an overview of the current knowledge on coastal processes and
landforms in the Humberside and Lincolnshire coastal zone. The section
on the Holderness coast provides information on the geology and
physical processes operating at the coast, rates of erosion and
coastal defence measures.?
http://www.hull.ac.uk/coastalobs/media/pdf/humberestuary%26coast.pdf
Another part of the University of Hull web site has extensive
information and links to many publications on erosion data and erosion
management issues.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/coastalobs/general/erosionandflooding/erosion.html
Finally this site has images of the erosion.
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/flamborough.html#location
I hope this answers your question. If it does not, or the answer is
unclear, then please ask for clarification of this research before
rating the answer. I shall respond to the clarification request as
soon as I receive it.
Thank you
answerfinder
Search strategy
Personal knowledge of the area led me to search: erosion Holderness.
This search term will take you to some more sites with additional information.
://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=erosion+Holderness&btnG=Search&meta= |
