Physical - Overview

Question 1

Inquiry question

Answer 1

To what extent is the coastal management at Bexhill effective?

Question 2

Aim of the investigation

Answer 2

To determine the effectiveness of different types of coastal management to build beaches and prevent erosion.

Question 3

Geographical theory

What concepts/prior knowledge will you be using?

Answer 3

Longshore drift occurs naturally. Prevention means installing groynes to build beach + protect area from flooding + erosion

Question 4

Hypothesis

Answer 4

The coastal management will be effective to a very high extent, since a beach has been built by the groynes + hard and soft engineering is in place. There will be few signs of erosion, and the groynes will be more exposed on the downdrift side.

Question 5

Why is this location suitable?

Answer 5

The topic of the enquiry - coastal engineering strategies needs beach with hard and soft eng.
Distance - closest beach to school, so max time for data collection
Accessibility - easy to reach by bus (car park) + shops for food. Safe to enter beach + collect data.
Suitability - provides necessary data (groynes, pebbles etc)

Question 6

Risk assessment

Answer 6

Drowning (don’t touch water and check weather before going - floods). Speaking to dangerous strangers (travel in groups and have a phone, teachers at checkpoints). Wildlife (don’t bring food onto beach and be wary of seagulls). Rocky land causes injury (Wear thick, ankle supported footwear - boots). Sharp litter (watch out when placing quadrat, wear gloves).

Question 7

Primary data

Answer 7

Field sketch, Wave frequency, Pebble analysis, Beach profiling, Groyne impact assessment

Question 8

Secondary data