GCSE Geography case studies: Pevensey and Medmerry

Name the two soft-engineering projects that are occurring at Pevensey?

• Managed Retreat

• Beach nourishment

• Beach re-profiling

• Sospan-dauing

• Groynes

How much is the yearly cost of the re-profiling scheme?

What is the overall cost of the re-profiling scheme?

What would have been the (estimated) cost if the previous defenses had been breached?

What is the name of the dredger that works on the beach nourishment scheme in Pevensey?

How much does it cost to hire a dredger once?

How many tonnes of sediment does the Sospan-dau spray onto Pevensey in one hire?

How many cubic metres of sand are brought to the beach by lorries in the beach nourishment process? (write as xxxxm^3)

How much did the previous Medmerry scheme cost per year?

What was the area in miles^2 that were flooded in the managed retreat?