Category: Flood Defence
Exploration of different methods of flood defence, their function and effectiveness and how the sea treats flood defences installed in an attempt to dissipate the energy of the waves
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In field studies on the Essex and Kent coasts following the North Sea 1953 storm surge, academics, Cooling and Marsland listed four possible causes for flood embankment failure. Three of these causes are particularly useful to consider regarding the failure of river walls at Hazelwood marshes and Havergate Island. These are, a) erosion of sea-facing…
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Havergate Island is situated near the Suffolk village of Orford, at the meeting of the Ore and the Butley rivers. The Ore divides in two around the two-mile long Havergate Island with flows splitting through what is known as the Gull on the north side of island and the Narrows on the south of island.…
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Sudbourne Beach situated south of the Martello Tower near Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast is a shingle spit that separates the open coast from the Alde/Ore estuary. Recently, the sea has eroded the shingle spit at a greater rate than has previously been experienced. Coastal Partnerships East and East Suffolk Council have a Shoreline Management…
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