Happisburgh case study

Question 1

management strategy

Answer 1

no active intervention

Question 2

what happened to the original defences?

Answer 2

destroyed by wave force in 1950’s

Question 3

what happened in 1990’s?

Answer 3

local authority decided to replace existing defences to protect village

Question 4

why didn’t they buld rock groynes in 2001?

Answer 4

too expensive

Question 5

effects by 2025

Answer 5

• 15 properties lost
• loss of caravan park
• no beach

Question 6

effects by 2105

Answer 6

• between 20-35 properties lost
• 45 hectres of agriculture lost
• loss of st Mary’s church
• there is a beach but with no access

Question 7

socioeconomic impacts

Answer 7

house prices decrease
loss of tourism
loss of farmland=jobs