Medmerry

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

near Chichester, West Sussex, on the south coast of England

Question 2

Land use

Answer 2

mainly used for farming and caravan parks

Question 3

Previous defences

Answer 3

Low sea wall

Question 4

Cost

Answer 4

£28 million

Question 5

What type of coastal management were they doing

Answer 5

Managed retreat

Question 6

why did they deliberately breach the existing sea defences

Answer 6

So the sea flooded the land

Question 7

Why did they create a large natural salt marsh

Answer 7

To act as a buffer zone

Question 8

Why were Embankments constructed

Answer 8

To protect farmland, caravan parks, and roads

Question 9

Why was a wildlife habitat established

Answer 9

to encourage visitors

Question 10

Why is this managed retreat

Answer 10

existing sea defences were breached deliberately to let the sea reclaim the land