Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Coastal
landscapes
case studies
- Happisburgh
- Village of approx. 850 people
- Cliffs it is based on is made of soft
boulder clay and erodes by 12m per year
- 457 million will be lost
in tourist income
- Properties valued at £1
- Cromer
- Popular tourist attraction
- 7749 people live there
- Much bigger than Happiburgh and
has many more attractions
- Similarities
- Both on the North-Norfolk coast
- Decisions were made in 1990 about them
- Open to the North-Eaterly waves
- Differences
- Cromer has gotten a government
grant for 8 million to go towards flood
defences
- In Happisburgh they have had to
raised money to pay for rip-rap
- Cromer - 'Hold the line',
Happisburgh - 'Managed retreat'