CoastView: Area Background, Defence Policies and Climate Change

Geomorphological background on some parts of the coast

• The Sussex coast past and Present by D.A. Robinson and R.B.G. Williams
  
• The High Weald coast from Hastings to Pett by D.A. Robinson and R.B.G. Williams
• Some information on the Geology of the Sussex Cliffs can also be found on the ROCC website (external link). ROCC (Risk Of Cliff Collapse) was a EU-funded project at the University of Brighton.

Coastal Defence Policies

• What the papers say:
  • Norfolk to ban building near coastline, The Independent 1991
  • Crumbling sea defences 'need systematic review', The Independent 1992
  • MPs call for shake-up of Britain's coastal defences, The Independent 1992
  • NO SHORE BET: The cost of holding back the rising tides. The Times 1999
  
  
• Report on the problems of coastal Erosion by A. Thorburn (1974) for East Sussex County Council. With graphs of beach volume changes for the whole coast 1973-1975 and coastal changes 1925-1955 (click on the individual links to see the graphs in full detail (originals were 80cm long).
• Lewes District Council (2001): Policy statement on floods and coastal defence
• Proceedings of the CoastNet-workshop in Cambridge (2000): Dealing With Risk and Uncertainty in Coastal Environments with case studies from: Industry & Infrastructure: Queen Elizabeth Dock Reclamation, Hull; Nature Conservation: Brancaster, North Norfolk; Coastal Processes: Happisburgh, North Norfolk; Strategic Planning: Jaywick, Essex (go directly to CoastNet)
• English Nature, the Environment Agency and the Natural Environment Research Council Living with the Sea general prospectus.
• English Nature and WWF-UK 1999: Economically efficient Strategy for coastal defence and conservation in the intertidal zone with case studies from: The Yare Barrier, Norfolk ; Wallasea Island, Essex and The Lower Witham, Lincolnshire.

Background on climate change and impact on the South East Coast

• What the papers say:
  • Coastal towns in peril from the sea. The Argus on 25-11-1999.
  • Warm and wet: south-east faces flooding in 50 years. The Guardian on 25-11-1999 (with map).
  
  
• Climate Change: Coastal Management for Sustainability (2001). Report by Colin Fenn, WS Atkins Consultants.
• Impacts of Climate Change in the South East in the 21st Century (1999). Very colourful (pictures and graphs) report by WS Atkins, The Met. Office and ADAS
• Rare images of snow and ice along the coast and frost shattering of chalk on the shore platform can be found here.