COASTS

core content and case studies
What processes and factors are responsible for distinctive coastal landforms?

Coastal Processes and landforms
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/a-level/geography/coastal-processes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/coasts/

Weathering and erosion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/weathering-erosion-and-coastal-features/4022.html (video)
http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com/2008/07/weathering-and-erosion.html (powerpoint presentation)

Wave formation and beach types
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/understanding-wave-formation/4018.html (video)

Longshore drift and spits
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-coastline-longshore-drift-and-spits/3086.html (video)
http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com/2008/06/longshore-drift-animation.html (video)

Case study: Spurn Head spit (Depositional landform)  - Holderness coastline
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByyY9xA0IWCsMGZrd3NSUjlEM3c/edit?usp=sharing

Case study: Blakeney Point spit  – East Anglia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-formation-of-spits/3246.html (video)

Erosional landforms
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/coastal-landforms-blowholes-and-cliff-slumping/3085.html (video)

Wave-cut platforms
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/wave-cut-platforms-and-headland-erosion/4021.html (video)

Case study: Old Harry stack (Erosional landform)  – Dorset
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/old-harry-rocks-dorset/3244.html (video)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/old-harry-rocks-coastal-processes-and-landforms/3245.html (video)
http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com/2008/12/stack-formation.html (video)

Depositional landforms
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/depositional-coastlines/4023.html (video)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/landforms-created-by-longshore-drift-and-coastal-deposition/9965.html (video)

Coastal landforms – West Wales
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/coastal-landforms-west-wales/3084.html (video)

Coastlines affected by sea level change – isostasy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/coastlines-affected-by-sea-level-change-isostasy/4025.html

How can coasts be protected from the effects of natural processes?

http://www.s-cool.co.uk/a-level/geography/deltas-and-estuaries-and-changes-to-coastal-areas/revise-it/human-influences-at-th

Coastal protection and management
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z397mp3
http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com/2008/12/coastal-management.html (video)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/managed-retreat-to-counter-the-impact-of-rising-sea-levels/3194.html (video)
http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-are-advantages-of-groynes.html (video)
http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com/2008/06/coastal-processes-and-management.html(video)

Case Study: Hard engineering strategies

Mappleton on the Holderness Coast (NE England)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/coastal-erosion-at-holderness-east-yorkshire/3187.html (video)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/a-farm-is-threatened-by-coastal-erosion-at-holderness-east-yorkshire/3189.html (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-VzLG15yMQ (video)
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByyY9xA0IWCsQW9HNUxIREVFRjg/edit?usp=sharing

Case Study: Soft engineering – Porlock, Somerset
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/coastal-management-strategies-sea-defences-and-managed-retreat/3243.html (video)

Case study: Hard engineering – Minehead, Somerset
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByyY9xA0IWCsUzd2TkU3bVlIODA/edit?usp=sharing 

Case study: Happisburgh – East Anglia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/living-with-coastal-erosion-in-happisburgh-east-anglia-pt-1-2/7361.html (video)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/living-with-coastal-erosion-in-happisburgh-east-anglia-pt-2-2/7364.html (video)


Case Study - LYME REGIS

HOW DO COASTAL AREAS PROVIDE RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Case study: Tourism on the Costa del Sol
Mass tourism: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/1569.html (video)
Clubbing in Ibiza: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/1430.html (video)
Benefits: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/1429.html (video)
Drawbacks: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/1428.html (video)

Case study: Studland, Dorset – Tourism, fishermen, locals, National Trust
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByyY9xA0IWCsODVvbkFRTkZnS1U/edit?usp=sharing

Case study: Hallsands, Devon – Gravel extraction
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/coastal-erosion-at-hallsands-causes-and-effects/9967.html (video)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/hallsands-destruction-of-coastland/3242.html (video)
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByyY9xA0IWCsLWJKX3ZUeXFHaGs/edit?usp=sharing

Spurn Head spit – Holderness coastline
http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com/2008/12/life-on-coastal-spit-spurn-head.html (video)

Part 4: What are the management challenges associated with the development of coastal areas?

Managed realignment/retreat
What is it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtUxXlvQ5-c
Animation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0WOWKciG7o

Case study: Abbotshall – East Anglia and Essex coastline
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByyY9xA0IWCsNkptS1hzaVBJX00/edit?usp=sharing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkhw2Sb-cXY

Case study – The Solent
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByyY9xA0IWCsekdHVVd4ckF5RFk/edit?usp=sharing

The Camargue – France
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByyY9xA0IWCscVVkY1ptX0JJemM/edit?usp=sharing

Case Study - Bangladesh