How have human activities shaped the landscape between Prawle Point and Start Bay?

On day two, we analysed the hu musical composition home settlements arrange in the villages of H tot altogetherysands, Beesands and Torcross. The whole aim of doing this was to find how these piece of music made homes and settlements produce affected the land at each village, and how other gay activities digest affected these settlements vulnerability to coastal damage, as how the natural coastline has developed collectible to this. We as well looked at how these settlements have used man made ocean defences t uphold protect them from coastal attacks.RouteFirstly, here is the passageway we took on the coast from puzzle point (red) to Torcross (green), passing both Beesands and Hallsands along the way.Hallsands DescriptionWhen we visited Hallsands we noticed that it was had very small population, with little human settlements which were all near each other. Hallsands also had many narrow rough roadstead throughout the village and was ear the shore.Hallsands HistoryBetw een the age 1894-1903 the shingle land close to Hallsands was lowered by 1.4m, due to the continuous victorious of the shingle to build the dockyards at Plymouth. This made the village of Hallsands extremely threatened and open to floods from the waves of the ocean.In 1917 a storm with 10m waves destroyed the in a flash open village of Hallsands which was no longer protected by the defensive beach it once had.Hallsands Present ocean defencesSince the destructive storm of 1917 Hallsands has created new(a) man made sea defences to ensure is constantly protected from future storms. You preempt see present day evidence of this when visiting Hallsands as it now has rip- whang, groups of large rocks stacked together, which break up strong waves and the energy they give whilst they travel, reducing the impact when they hit these rocks.Beesands DescriptionComp bed with Hallsands, the village of Beesands had more human settlements dispersed throughout its land, with large area s of space between them, although thy were all liberally within the same perimeter. Like Hallsands however, Beesands also had various narrow roads and is located near the shore.Beesands HistoryThe village of Beesands is perpetually vulnerable to deluge due to its beach having a lack of shingle moving northward along the coastline, by long shore drift. There is no new source of shingle as its origins are 40km out in Start Bay.Beesands Present Sea defencesIn the village of Beesands rip-rap was put down to help defend a growst the sea waves, but was quickly eroded and in 1992 a sea protect was built, along with gabions, which still stands today. The sea wall whole kit by pushing the wave back on itself whence gap the impact of the wave and the energy it carries, Gabions work similar to rip rap meaning the also break up the energy of the wave and disgrace its impact in the conflict.Tocross DescriptionTocross, like Beesands also had a big amount of human settlements which wer e found generally close to each other. However, dumbbell was easily noticeable that the houses were pointing at unlike angels and varied in different shapes ad seizes. Also, compared to both Beesands and Hallsands Torcross was further away from the shore, although still near.Torcross HistoryIn 2001, a destructive storm occurred near the village of Torcross and the continuous collision of waves, due to its vulnerability damaged the road along Slapton sands.Torcross Present Sea defencesLike Beesands, the village of Torcross choose to build a sea wall after the destructive storm to help protect against sea waves in the future. This still stands today and target be seen when visiting the village.Sea Defences DisadvantagesAlthough these man made sea defences provide secure golosh for many years to these human settlements within the villages, they come with a disadvantage of being fabulously pricy, which stooge therefore weaken the overall economy of the village itself. You can s ee the scale of how expensive these defences are when calculating the comprise of the rip-rap and sea wall found at Beesands. on a lower stem is the calculation of the cost of these sea defencesRip-rapRip-rap = 3,000 per metre Length of Rip-rap = 254metresCost of Rip-rap in Beesands 3,000 x 254 = 762000bulwarkSeawall = 3500 per metre Length of Seawall = 254metresCost of Seawall in Beesands 3,500 x 254 = 889000GabionsGabions = 100 per metre Length of Gabions = 254metresCost of Gabions in Beesands 100 x 254 = 254000Value of propertyNow we know the full cost of the sea defences found in Beesands we need to find whether these sea defences are genuinely value the money provided they protect these homes. To find this we need to calculate the cost of all the properties found in Beesands and compare it the cost of the sea defences. Below is the calculation for the value of these properties found in BeesandsResidential PropertiesResidential properties = 150,000 per floor 25 houses (2 floors each)Cost of residential properties 150,000 x 50 = 750,000 commercialised PropertiesCommercial properties = 170,000 per floor 4 businesses (3x2floors, 1x1floor)Cost of commercial properties = 170,000 x 7 = 1190000 overall cost of sea defences = 1905000VOverall cost of properties = 1940000As you can see the cost of the sea defences in Beesands appears to be worth the safety of the properties which are there, although there is only a 35,000 difference in the set of the sea defences compared to the value of the properties. This means that although the sea defences arent costing more and so the settlements which are there, the overall economies of Beesands would be affected by the costs of it.The nextAlthough for now Beesands, Hallsands and Torcross are generally protected from minor occurring storms, the face study dilemmas on what they exit need to do to help protect them in the future. This will be determined by two major factors. maturement PopulationThe first is the c hange magnitudely ageing population dispersed throughout Britain. In the years to come more and more people will be retiring and face the possibility of moving nearer to the coast. If this were to come then the village will need to catch whether they will gain enough money to support the village with more sea defences. ball-shaped WarmingThe second major factor is global warming. With the frequency of occurring storms continuously increasing will the village be able to protect itself from the increasing occurring storms in the future.PossibilitiesThere are two major possibilities that these three villages could consider to do. The first is to simply stop spending money on sea defences and allow nature to take its course, possibly resulting in many storms and therefore floods to the village. The second is to continue spending money on further sea defences although they cant be sure how successful they will be and for how long.My codaI personally think that the villages should poi nt in further sea defences even though they will cost the economy of the villages dearly. This is because if they chose not to invest in the defences and admit defeat then these villages will eventually be completely destroyed and lost forever therefore these sea defences are vital in securing the long term protection of these settlements. I also think that even though sea defences seem extremely expensive and someone people may think they are not worth it, if there are no sea defence mechanisms at all to protect these settlements then there will be no expect at all for these settlements to survive from whatever they are exposed to in the future.