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1
Q

Give an example of a named case study which uses Hard Engineering

A

Mappleton

2
Q

What Coastal Management strategies are in place at Mappleton

A

Two Rock Groynes

3
Q

What have the two rock Groynes helped to do?

A

Develop wide and steep sandy beaches

4
Q

What took place in Mappleton and when?

A

In 1991, nearly two million was spent on two rock Groynes and a rock resentment to protect Mappleton

5
Q

What was imported from Norway?

A

Blocks of granite for the sea defences

6
Q

What is the result of the coastal management?

A

A substantial beach accumulated between the Groynes halting erosion

7
Q

What has happened further south though?

A

The rate of erosion has increased significantly