Management of Coastal recession: Holderness, Medmerry+Abotts Hall, Conflict between key players: Happisburg, Chattogram

Happisburg, Holderness, Chattogram, Medmerry, Abbots hall

How is coastal recession being managed in Medmerry? (what materials are the walls made out of)

£28million pound “managed realignment” scheme, seen the building of 4 miles of new sea walls up to 2km inland

 

Digging up sediment to create the seawalls out of softer materials like clay, created a new saltwater marsh behind the seawall

How is coastal recession being managed in Abbots Hall farm in Essex?

Managed realignment (altering of flood defences to allow the area protected to flood)

The soil quality and land value was too low to value maintaining the embankments or building them higher.

Created saltmarshes and mudflats which absorbed storm surges without any local damage also reduces volume of water travelling up the Essex estuaries reducing flooding risk.

Also good for wildlife since saltmarshes and mudflats support ecosystems of their own

Who were the key players involved in the Abbots Hall farm coastal management and who objects?

Essex Wildlife Trust (EWT) spent £645,000 on the property to buy it

West Mersea fishermen, concerned sediments could choke and kill the oysters and changing water levels could destroy oyster habitats

RSPB, concerned about increasing erosion and flooding of their site opposite the farm, which would change bird habitats.

What management policy was originally in Happisburgh, Norfolk (2004)?

2004, SMP2 meant that it was set to No Active Intervention, what it had been before.

House values are very low and people cannot afford to move elsewhere,

no national system of compensation for homeowners at risk of erosion.

What new management strategy was put in place in Happisburgh, Norfolk? (2011)

2011, 1.4 million set aside for purchase and lease back of 11 houses on Beach Road.

Gave owners a chance to relocate

Further campaigning by CCAG changed SMP2 policy for Happisburgh to “managed realignment”, allows for coastal defences in the future if funding can be found

(bonus, “rollback strategy” introduced to create a buffer zone between the eroding coast and the village)

What original management policy was used in Chattogram, Bangladesh and how did it cause conflict with the locals?

Aimed to reduce disaster risk and adapt to climate change and alleviate poverty.

May have disturbed people and natural habitats especially during construction phases. Removal of natural vegetation and the relocation of around 200 people due to road realignment.

 aimed to construct more embankments.