coasts Hemsby

Question 1

Homes being destroyed, among other things,,, what r they

(Hemsby)

Answer 1

• Sand Dunes - 3m in a couple days
• roads
• finances 😔 no compensation or alternate accommodation

Question 2

How many major settlements on this coastline (hemsby) have vanished in the past 500 years?

Answer 2

300

Question 3

why is Hemsby important?

Answer 3

major tourist resort - summer holidays
12000 people on beach every day in 1970s
now 1000 per year
still generates £88mil

Question 4

Why cant they (hemsby) get insured on the Marrams?

Answer 4

wont get insurance if its prone to flooding

Question 5

what are the short term solutions to coastal erosion at Hemsby?

Answer 5

• pick up and move houses
• pathetic 80m stretch of rock armour

Question 6

How much coastline from norfolk has disappeared since the 1970s?

Answer 6

70m

Question 7

Why is Hemsby not getting any defences?

Answer 7

• small population
• houses don’t meet construction standards so “don’t count”
• coastline owned by Royal Family NOT government

Question 8

why is Hemsby’s political sitch not great?

Answer 8

Brandon Lewis (MP) is fucking wack
visited for 15 mins in march x

gov wont pay cos its private land

Question 9

Netherlands Vs UK coastal management

Answer 9

Netherlands:
- 32km sea wal
- 2-3% gdp on flood defence

UK:
- 0.2% on flood defence