Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Lyme regis
- Introduction
- Location
- Dorset coast
- What
- Town resort
- Specialities
- World Heritage Jurassic Coast
- fossil hunting
- Characteristics of coastline surrounding Lyme regis
- no natural harbour
- manmade structures required
- safe mooring
- storm defence
- exposed
- soft rock
- vulnerable
- landslides
- coastal erosion
- Lime stone base
- Middle - layers of clay
- Top - sandy soils & sandstone
- unstable
- Coastal Management
- part with residential & commercial properties
- hold or advance the line
- foreshore
- soft engineering
- beach replenishment
- absorb wave energy during storms before waves hit sea defences
- hard engineering
- new sea
defences
- Rock amour
- 2 sea walls constructed
- masonry jetties
- keep beach material in place
- implications
- very expensive
- 30 mill
- cliff managment
- stabilisation of cliffs
- prevent landslides
- drainage
- shoreline out of
town
- hold the line
- stables slopes
- do nothing